/internal/media/dispatcher/74099/fullJim Ewell Oral History12/14/1993Duration: 106 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1993.011.00190Sony Hi8 videotape - masterOral Histories6354310.16000000006.98500000004675Oral history1.9050000000Videotaped oral history interview with Jim Ewell. A police reporter at The Dallas Morning News in 1963, Ewell covered President Kennedy's arrival at Dallas Love Field. Following the assassination, he was in Dealey Plaza, at the Tippit shooting scene and inside the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff during the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on December 14, 1993 by Wes Wise and Bob Porter. The interview is one hour and forty-six minutes long.PressTrip to TexasOral historiesOswald, Lee HarveyTippit, J.D.Kennedy, John F.Ewell, JimTexas TheatreDallas County Sheriff's DepartmentLove FieldFort Worth Chamber of CommerceThe Dallas Morning NewsDallasLove Field Airport (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)News Media (OHC)Mr. Ewell passed away on June 15, 2023. - Riley Harris, Collections CatalogerJust over twenty years after this 1993 oral history, Jim Ewell recorded a second interview with the Museum on January 31, 2014. He also participated in a 2013 Museum panel discussion in conjunction with The Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism. That public program may be viewed on the Museum's YouTube channel: Journalists, Trauma and JFK: Why Storytelling Matters - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Object featured in special exhibition, Two Days in Texas, November 8, 2023 through September 28, 2024.