JFK in Galway

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Duration: 5 minutes

Just five months before president John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas he was riding in an open top limo through the crowded streets of Galway. Neil Oliver meets a photographer who covered JFK's motorcade on one of his first assignments and hears how this junior pressman managed to get up close and personal with the president and talk him into the perfect snap.

Credits

Series Producer
Steve Evanson
Presenter
Neil Oliver
Executive Producer
William Lyons

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