Tragedy on Tape: 48 Years Later, Reliving the Day of JFK’s Assassination

CBS News interrupted their afternoon broadcast of As The World Turns to announce that President Kennedy had been “seriously wounded by this shooting.” Details were unclear as the news emerged. At first, programmers ran a few commercials, then tried to return to the soap opera. But it became obvious that the news was far more serious — and grave — than anybody had originally anticipated.

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