Malcolm Holzmann Oral History

Object number2013.001.0040

Date04/20/2013

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Malcolm Holzmann

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 31 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Malcolm Holzmann. A reporter for the ABC affiliate in San Antonio, Holzmann covered President Kennedy's visit to the city on November 21, 1963, working as a freelance photographer for WBAP-TV in Fort Worth. Holzmann previously photographed Senator Kennedy at the Alamo during the 1960 presidential campaign. Interview conducted at Mr. Holzmann's office in San Antonio on April 20, 2013. The interview is thirty-one minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

Senator John F. Kennedy visited the Alamo in San Antonio on September 12, 1960. He primarily discussed U.S. and Latin American relations and why a strong foreign policy program was necessary to address the ongoing threat of Communism. Among the crowd at the Alamo that day was Vivian Scribner, who had served under Kennedy aboard PT-59 (following the sinking of Kennedy's previous command, PT-109, in August 1943). Scribner, who drove some 250 miles to the Alamo for the campaign appearance, reunited with his former lieutenant for the first time since 1944. - Stephen Fagin, Curator