JFKs assassination: How it was reported on CBC TV

As news of John F. Kennedys assassination broke on Nov. 22, 1963, CBC TV took to the airwaves with a special broadcast.

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Picturesfrom the day the 35th U.S. president was slain by an assassins bullet on a Dallas street showthe confusion and chaos that followed the shooting.

Cameras captured bystanders hitting the ground as shots rang outand the tearful reactions of those who witnessed the shooting.

[Kennedy] stood for understanding and good relations between his own country and ours, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson says in the broadcast.

I feel that I have lost a friend.