These are “home movies” of the “JFK Truth Be Told” Facebook group in person meetup on April 22, 2022. Author Fred Litwin was going to be there to research his new book on Jim Garrison, and we wanted to be there to see some of the Lee Harvey /Jim Garrison related sites.
The first shot is the bridge leading into New Orleans.
A church on the road into New Orleans.
.28) some shots of the apartment house that Lee Harvey Oswald and Marina Oswald used to live in. Mixed in are some shots from the house from an old tv interview with Oswald’s former landlady.
1.42) an unrelated but amusing shot of some tree cutters engaging in some dangerous seeming actions.
2.04) The nearby neighborhood library where Lee Harvey Oswald checked out books on Kennedy among others.
2.27) Shots of our visit to Reilly Coffee where Oswald worked and the “suspiciously nearby” Federal Buildings. This footage is out of chronological context, but I liked how it fit into the old interview.
Note, Lee Harvey Oswalds’ alleged “mistress” charged people for a similar tour of New Orleans sites two months after our ours. This women is probably telling the truth about working at the Reilly Coffee Company at the same time as Oswald, but she also tells very difficult to believe series of stories about her being the girlfriend of the married Oswald, and even more difficult to believe stories about her being in a CIA bio-weapons program with Oswald, David Ferrie and Guy Bannister.
What counts towards her credibility is the fact the the people, places and events in her stories match up almost exactly with the stories written about in Jim Garrisons book “On The Trail of the Assassins.” What counts AGAINST her credibility is the fact that the the people, places and events in her stories match up almost exactly with the stories written about in Jim Garrisons book “On The Trail of the Assassins,” even the parts that a lot of researchers don’t believe ever happened. To her critics, its almost like she read “On The Trail of the Assassins” and imagined herself into the book.
6:35 New Orleans courthouse where the Clay Shaw trial happened. NOTE: I shot this footage on an earlier trip to New Orleans, this wasn’t a part of the “Truth Be Told” meet up.
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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