The question of just how Lee Harvey Oswald got the job at the Texas School Book Depository just 5 weeks before President Kennedy’s motorcade drove right by has been a longstanding question for those studying the assassination.
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The night before the assassination Oswald came home with his co-worker from the depository, Wesley Buell Frasier. It was thursday november 21st.
Oswald never visited Marina on Thursdays . He always came home on friday The reason he came home on Thursday was to ostensibly try and woo Marina back into moving in with him. Oswald even told her that ” if you agree to come back with me i will get an apartment in dallas tomorrow” Marina rebuffed him.
It’s believed at that point of course Oswald went to his other option which was to retrieve his gun. Probably around 9:00 or so, it’s believed oswald went into the garage to fetch his rifle. Let’s go in. It was kept in a blanket similar to this one This is not the the exact blanket of course but a blanket similar to that oswald’s rifle was disassembled in at the book depository the brown wrapping paper bag to conceal that
So he came into the garage here took the pieces of the rifle out of the blanket. Slipped them into the bag After that he probably left the package in here Some historians think it probably would have been too risky for Oswald to bring the package into the house. There was no reason to he could easily retrieve it and more safely retrieve it the next morning. Now Oswald went to bed before Marina did She finished some house chores then took a long bath went to bed with oswald It was her belief that oswald was still awake at one point She touched his leg he shoved her leg away apparently the next morning on the bedstand as you can see here this is a replica of the china cup that Marina brought with her from the soviet union . According to her, Oswald that morning placed his wedding ring and approximately $187. He told marina then that she could use the money to buy the washing machine that she wanted. Oswald then went into the garage, according to the official version of events, picked up his rifle and then walked down the block to Wesley Buell Fraziers house So Oswald retrieved his rifle from the garage walked not too far about a block down west fifth street this is where we are crossed the corner of west fifth and westbrook came here to the home of his workmate Wesley Buell Fraziers Oswald came here with his package stood outside the garage
Here this window is the kitchen of the Randall home. Linnie Mae Randall was doing the dishes in front of the sink. She later testified that she looked out the window saw Lee harvey oswald with the long package.
Here is a blast from (my) past! I shot this footage with a hand held Standard Definition (SD) BetaCam ENG camera ( 640 by 480, 29.97 Frames Per Second) on December 21st, 1997.
This was originally going to be a part of a “The Kennedy Assassination was a conspiracy” documentary I was going to make. Then I read Jim Moore’s “A Conspiracy of One” and Gerald Posner’s “Case Closed” and that turned me from a hard core conspiracy theorist to leaning heavily towards the “lone gunman” side.
I also toyed with the idea of using this footage in my Vidor documentary “The Least of My Brothers,” comparing the Kennedy Assassination to the Bill Simpson Murder. But that idea was dropped and I never went very far with it.
In this video you can see the Grassy Knoll, you can see Conspiracy author Robert Groden peddling his books and videos, and I got to take ride in a replica of Kennedys Presidential limousine.
First Shots: The Texas Schoolbook Depository as seen from about half a block away. I think its the corner of Main and Houston, where assassination witness Arnold Rowland was standing. Close Ups of the sixth floor snipers nest window. 1.05 George Dealey Statue 1.25 Shot of the The Texas Schoolbook Depository from the closest corner. 3.33 I was standing on the grassy knoll, behind the picket fence, where some witnesses though the shots came from. 4.24 Robert Groden banner. 5.50 Robert Groden sits and peddles his books and videos. 7:03 Where James Tague was standing. 7.31 Video shot from the railroad bridge. 10:01 Railroad tower. 11.01 Replica Limousine tour, from within the limo. 12.25 standing POV from within the limousine. 12.32 Police Ramp entrance 15.46 Limo entering Dealey Plaza 17:15 back seat 17:17 Conspiracy Museum 18.30 replica limo enters Dealey Plaza 20.00 Limo shot from railroad bridge.
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