To Orwell Today,

Hi there,

Please could you advise if there is any VHS DVD on the funeral of JKF.

Many thanks,
Angie

Greetings Angie,

As far as I know there isn't a video or DVD production of JFK's funeral which is actually quite surprising when one considers how important and historical an event it was.

Film footage of parts of JFK's funeral are included in many of the television documentaries that have aired over the years - usually on the anniversary of his assassination, although this year, November 22nd, 2005, I didn't notice any in the TV guide. It seems they are beginning to airbrush JFK out of history now that they've distorted his essence almost beyond recognition.

A video production which I have always wanted to see (if such a thing exists) is of Jackie Kennedy's White House Tour which aired on CBS television on February 14th, 1962.

I found a link to it one time on the CBS website but it no longer connected.

Here are some other links that describe it:

MRS KENNEDY'S TELEVISED TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Jacqueline Kennedy’s efforts to restore the executive mansion won enthusiastic national support. For three days in January 1962, CBS correspondent Charles Collingwood was filmed interviewing Mrs. Kennedy on a behind-the-scenes tour of the history, rooms, and contents of the White House. An estimated 56 million viewers watched the hour-long tour broadcast on all three national networks on Valentine’s Day that year.

A TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE WITH MRS JOHN F KENNEDY
On the night of 14 February 1962 three out of four television viewers tuned to CBS or NBC to watch a A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy...Correspondent Charles Collingwood who "escorts" Kennedy from room to room repeatedly walks out of the frame leaving her alone to deliver descriptions of White House decor and its national significance. Only at the very end of the program, when President Kennedy "drops in" for a brief interview, is Jacqueline repositioned in a subordinate role as wife and mother. Sitting quietly as the two men talk, she listens attentively while her husband hails her restoration efforts as a significant contribution to public awareness of the nation's heritage.

Maybe there is an Orwell Today reader out there somewhere who can enlighten us as to whether or not there IS a video of JFK's funeral and Jackie's White House tour.

All the best,
Jackie Jura

Sheila says JFK's funeral is available on ebay

Karl says a DVD of "Jackie's White House Tour" is availabe at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum

Karl has also been searching for a video of JFK's funeral

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