Subject: New info on History Channel's "Tales of the Gun"
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:41:35 GMT
From: gmack@jfk.org
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk,alt.conspiracy.jfk

Last night's broadcast of "Infamous Guns" in the "Tales of the Gun" series
did NOT include the Elsie Dorman film as I had been told, although her
son's name appeared in the end credits.  John Dorman donated the film to
the Museum and we provided our preservation tape of it to the producers.
Unfortunately, they chose not to use it.

Retired Dallas Police head of the crime lab, J. C. Day, appeared and
described some of his activities in the TSBD.  Retired FBI agent Nat
Pinkston revealed how their second contact to find the owner of the
Carcano was Titche- Goettinger, a local department store coincidentally on
the motorcade route. Store officials referred Pinkston to Klein's in
Chicago.

Fortunately for those who are studying the SN pipes, the show also
included two scenes from Secret Service footage shot on 11/27/63.  One
view shows the pipes from the side so their distance from the wall could
be judged.  Another showed the bend in the east pipe the way it used to
be. The film was donated to the Museum by KDFW-TV, the CBS affiliate here
at that time.

Producers made a significant error when they showed Oswald's DPD palm
print cards while the narrator said Day found the print on the SN box.
Most viewers probably assumed the sharp, clear palm prints were the box
prints, but they are not!  I will relay this information to the producers.

Other interesting footage researchers may appreciate includes color video
of the Carcano at the National Archives.  To my knowledge, this is the
first time they have allowed video, not film, to be shot of the weapon.
The Museum also provided Tom Alyea film of the TSBD search from our WFAA
collection, and video of Day at DPD headquarters identifying the rifle,
from our KDFW collection.

The Kennedy segment appears in the last 15 minutes.  The show airs one
more time this month, according to the History Channel's schedule and
program description:

Saturday, September 19 11:00 AM - Noon CDT

Tales of the Gun: Infamous Guns.

Host Thom Pinto reviews guns that changed history. We see the firearms
used to assassinate Presidents Kennedy, McKinley, Garfield, and Lincoln.
We meet the gun that triggered WWI when it was used to kill Archduke
Ferdinand, and see candidates for the gun that fired the "shot heard
'round the world" in the American Revolution. [TV G]

--
Gary Mack
Archivist
The Sixth Floor Museum

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