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JFK: Three Shots that Changed America
Last night, I watched this documentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy on the History Channel. It was told completely through news clips, videos, interviews, and television shows from the time. It was so overwhelming. They showed so much news footage from November 22, 1963 that I had never even seen before, following JFK throughout the morning and into the afternoon.

I've seen and read so much on the subject, but I think this was perhaps one of the most emotionally draining ones to watch. Maybe because it showed so much footage from the presidential breakfast beforehand. It was very chilling and haunting to watch, knowing what was coming later on in the day.

At the end, they showed a montage of clips from various recent movies and television shows on the subject. One of the last clips they showed was from the Quantum Leap episode Lee Harvey Oswald (previously known as Leaping On a String). It was that episode of television that got me interested in the subject at all, so seeing it referenced there, if only briefly, was simply epic.

They're calling this the JFK Assassination week on the History Channel, and they'll be showing even more documentaries on it. It's rather odd, considering that they usually have this sort of thing in November, closer to the anniversary, but it's really reminded me how fascinated I am by the subject <3