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The Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository

LEMMiNO · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A 98-minute LEMMiNO video reconstructing what happened inside the Texas School Book Depository before, during, and after the Kennedy assassination. It draws on testimony to map people's movements and discrepancies.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a detailed, well-sourced overview that helps viewers form their own opinion.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I'd really recommend Lemmino's video on the assassination”

    Deep dive into assassination details that informs one's own opinion

    circumlocution, 2023-09 · Strong recommendation · in “New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory”

  2. “It's long but it gives a good overview of the sequence of events and the discrepancies.”

    Overview of events and discrepancies, showing unreliability of eyewitnesses

    jmyeet, 2023-09 · Strong recommendation · in “New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory”

  3. “Recently watched this detailed and well sourced video by LEMMiNO”

    Detailed, well-sourced take on the assassination

    Tmpod, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory”

  4. “an excellent video on the events of the day, around the building”

    Excellent video on the events of the day around the building

    snypher, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “Review: 'JFK: What the Doctors Saw' eyewitnesses contradict Warren Commission”

  5. “Worth a watch if you are interested in this.”

    Reconstructs the physical space and people's movements using testimony

    Hikikomori, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “How the FBI targeted Camus, and then Sartre after the JFK assassination (2013)”

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Topics: jfk, lee harvey oswald, book depository, eyewitness testimony, history

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