/internal/media/dispatcher/75707/fullVilas Datar Oral History06/04/2021Duration: 25 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2021.001.00410Videotaped oral history interview with Vilas Datar. A native of India, Datar was eight years old in 1963. With no access to television, he remembers his family following assassination coverage in local newspapers. In May 2021, Datar fulfilled a lifelong goal of visiting Dealey Plaza.
Interview conducted via Zoom on June 4, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.
Oral Histories720960E-100E-1071023Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Vilas Datar. A native of India, Datar was eight years old in 1963. With no access to television, he remembers his family following assassination coverage in local newspapers. In May 2021, Datar fulfilled a lifelong goal of visiting Dealey Plaza.
Interview conducted over Zoom on June 4, 2021 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is 26 minutes long.Oral historiesChildhoodAssassinationNewspapersDealey PlazaKennedy, John F.IndiaDallasDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)Vilas Datar submitted his written recollections via The Sixth Floor Museum's online Memory Book in May 2021. I quickly contacted him to arrrange this interview, recorded June 4, 2021. To volunteer to share your memories of the 1960s, please contact oralhistory@jfk.org to schedule a Zoom or telephone recording. - Stephen Fagin, Curator