Jackie Kennedy after the President's Death | FULL DOCUMENTARY 

Huh? She didn’t climb on the back of the car in “a bid for life”, she saw pieces of husband’s skull fly out and was retrieving them so he could be put back together. It was an incredible act of profound love and courage. She had no way of knowing she wouldn’t also be shot. Just look at the people around who immediately went to ground.

Jackie climbed on the trunk f the car to retrieve pieces of her husband’s skull and brain matter. In the emergency room she handed the pieces she had collected and handed them to the doctor. What a horrible nightmare to endure. Rest in peace Jackie.

You can really see the change in her before and after the assassination. Her eyes scream heartbreak.

Her friends said that they didn't know anything about PTSD back then but realized years later that she suffered from it.

To this day It brings me deep sorrow to think of what she went through. We've all lost someone, but not like that. I do not know how she lived with it. Whoever did that with her in the car were the worst of the worst. We will never know who, but it was people who had the worst kind of hatred for JFK, and they made their point loud, and clear. One man did not orchestrate that, and may all involved burn in hell.

In August 1963, Mrs. Kennedy lost a child, baby boy Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. Three months later, at only 34 years old, she witnessed, first hand, the murder of her husband. "I had his brain in my hands!" Who can live through such a nightmare? Rest In Peace, dear Jackie.

Half truths & a lot of conjecture! Jackie Kennedy was so young and had the weight of the world on her shoulders, while trying to raise two young children. She did the best she could. R.I.P. Jackie & God bless you.

Thank God Jackie wasn’t alive when JFK Juniors plane crashed. She had been through enough. Poor lady and Caroline his sister. So much tragedy 😢

Jackie per Clint Hill climbed out on the trunk of the limo to retrieve a piece her husband's brain which had been blown off. She later handed it to the doctors at the hospital. For the rest of her life she not only had PTSD but also nerve damage to her shoulder from jumping on the trunk and pressing so hard to keep JFK's brains in on the ride to hospital. Jacqueline Kennedy was a brave Lady.

Never heard a better or more eloquent documentary about power, beauty, dismay and denial.

08:44 After the funeral, people all over the country wrote to her expressing their condolences over the loss of her husband. She worked day and night answering each and every letter personally she received. It took three months working day and night, carefully reading each and every letter to write back specifically of what was written to her about. My mother wrote to her and Jackie wrote back a hand written letter from her. My mother cried and cried. An 11 year old girl in the neighborhood was concerned that cash would be tight with her with the loss of her husband, and on her own, wrote that she would babysit for her for free. Jackie wrote back thanking her for her "very kind and generous offer", and assured the kid that she's ok financially.

My husband got me the full interview that Jackie did shortly after Jack died. It's a 3 disc set and it's amazing. It was Arthur Schlesinger Jr who interviewed her

Thank you for this video. A gracious lady who endured much pain and grief in life.

Jackie loved Jack in spite of his compulsive womanizing. She tolerated his behavior, and proved herself to be a great mother, regardless. Jackie was smart, tough and emancipated. No shrinking violet. Great lady.

For a woman whose husband wasn't the most faithful man she sure was loyal!!! Times were sure different back then

she was far more knowledgeable than most people realized. she wasn't fantasizing. they shared a keen interest in world history and politics.

I’m not so sure that the commentary between the facts is correct. Jackie was a brilliant woman, I’m sure JFK did share events with her and she surely had some comments to make. She was the perfect First Lady for JFK and for the country. She was held in high esteem wherever she went. Her knowledge of languages, her understanding of history, her education and social elitism brought the office of the presidency to a level of sophistication that has never been repeated or even close to it. She was aware of the dynamics of heads of states and their wives in all social situations. Don’t belittle this powerful woman. God bless them all. ❤

The eulogy spoken by Ted Kennedy for his sister in law is powerful.

It's so difficult to even imagine the horror that she went through on that day. To have the strength to endure that, then to carry a grieving nation with her is nothing short of incredible. She set a new standard for the role of First Lady, so much so that when I hear the title that's who I think of.

I was in the USAF, stationed at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. That was 50 miles North of Dallas, TX. I remember the little Lt. calling us into the 'Day Room' at 8:30 A M. She asked us: "If something were to happen to President Kennedy today, who would be the next Commander In Chief"? We all said Vice President Johnson. Very good she said. You are dismissed. President Kennedy was shot dead somewhere around 11 A M, in Dallas, TX that same day! I will never forget that Day. Nor the tears that we cried as young women, ages 18-20, numbed, and anxious for Our Country's Future!

That look in those times is memorable from seeing these video shorts-the atmosphere from the glow of the sun. That look & feel is something that no longer exists.

I miss her. We all do. She was pure class.

Greetings from 🇩🇪, where President Kennedy has had his greatest performance. R.I.P. Jack ♥️🥀

Jackie was no fool and a very strong, highly intelligent woman. She took no sh*t from anyone an swore like a sailor behind the scenes 😂

I was only 5 at the time, but i remember it like it was yesterday. It's the first time I ever saw my mother cry hysterically. I wish he'd been allowed to live out his life. I also wish the bastards who killed him had felt justice give them what they had coming to them. God bless you Mr President. RIP. 🫡 🇺🇸

If you want to keep a secret, never speak about it to anybody, or write it down.

This documentary is so biased and nasty. Jackie wasn’t perfect but she was not delusional. She was a huge part of JFKs administration and she did a lot of great things as First Lady. She was a brilliant woman but of course this conservative hit job ignores all that. What’s sad is she actually loved JFK even though he was a lousy husband. Jackie was the magic that made Camelot happen. This is only worth watching for the archival footage of Jackie.

She loved that man the way she loved her father Blackjack...the inaccessible, wayward, womanizing and wounded boy-man she couldn't control, but he knew she'd be the only one to craft his legacy the way history would admire it. She was the one who stood his philandering, his put downs, his physical pains, his mental anguish...the burdens of being Joe Sr's son and Joe Jr's younger bro. He had a journalist's curiosity, a statesman's perspective, a politician's pragmatism an adventurer's idealism and boldness aimed at cooperation among varying ideologies on this planet and reaching the moon if not the stars. Those were heady times and tragic ones. To have known them personally and mythically was like basking in stardust. If only, if only...but we'll never know, will we?

"Perfect husband?" But he broke Jackie's heart into pieces a million times by his womanizing!

The amount of lies told in this video is staggering to such a degree that it makes one question whether anything said in this video is true.

I've seen photos from so much of this program. Its nice to see the animated footage. It looks like pictures brought to life.

I was only 7. I was home from school and watching the Chicago staple Bozo's Circus when the SPECIAL REPORT came across WGN. When I told my mom, she said , " dont lie, that's not funny" . When she heard it due to me dragging her to the TV defending myself, she burst into uncontrollable tears. The entire nation and world mourned. As Castro said when he heard the news, while in an interview with a reporter friend of Ethel Kennedy, " Now all chance for peace is lost". He was not wrong, with the ascension of the Hawk LBJ.

How ironic that Jackie loved history and her career was wrapped up in preservation of history.

Clint Hill did save and protect Jackie that day in Dallas; he was head of her SS Team, her protector, not JFK’s. Just fyi .

It was said that she and Joe Kennedy,confronted one another regarding the marriage,and Joe refused to let her leave the marriage,so he paid her to stay and paid her for each child she bore,and also paid for any VD’s which it was said Jack had. I think the marriage was sad and complex,but she never wanted their children and the public to know…she was loyal to a fault to jack,and after he passed she was loyal to her childrens family. Furthermore that loyality, was a bone of contention in the marriage, Ari was angered that she ran to the Kennedys when various things happened in the family. I think too,it was rumored despite the swift action from the Warren Commission,Jackie turned to the French secret service to investigate the presidents demise,as neither she nor Bobby trusted LBJ,the Commission,or Hoover. Despite the seemingly kind friendship she shared for years with Lady Bird, I don’t think she ever felt that she nor the President could trust LBJ, as he held Jacks personal life in his hands,and threatened to go to Hoover and eventually the American People with personal information about Kennedys private life. As many thought LBJ could win the presidency on his own merit. I think many of Kennedys closest adversaries were surprised at his choice for Vice President. But thought his strategy was a sure thing especially considering that with LBJ on the bill certain states were a shoo in as he as a Protestant Texan would provide that geographical and religious balance led by,a Catholic Northeasterner. Jackie Kennedy was a regal and intelligent woman,and because of her Kennedy was loved by many. Places they visited I thi people wanted to see Jackie as much if not more than the president.Despite her marriage to Onassis, which s never veered by the American people,til her demise she was loved and cared for. And I think she thought she lived life in vain without jack,however her greatest achievement was was her children,as she was quoted saying if you bungle raising your children nothing else matters very much. Mrs. Kennedy (Onasis) will be long considered as one of the greatest First Ladies of all time. With her methodical oral history president Kennedy and she will beloved for the ages.

I can't imagine not only having to grieve the murder of my husband but having to do so w/ the eyes of the world on you. Terrible. It'll be interesting to hear her full account of that days tragedy when it's made public in 2044. Fantastic documentary.

Thank you for this documentary. I hate guns. I understand how Jackie picked up fragments of Jack's skull. My brother and I were so close. He was shot, murdered. I was told to rush to the emergency, it was my little brother. When, I got to the hospital, his wife was with him. He just passed away. I rushed out to where it happened. I saw the blood on the ground and wiped it up. I held on to it. It felt fresh. It was the only thing I had of him that was still alive. I didn't want to lose him.

50 yrs. After her death she instructed Caroline to make sure at that time. Her records of who she believed was responsible for killing her beloved Jack. ❤ ❤❤❤❤

Jackie the only special and charming first lady ever. She's allways THE NUMBER 1.

This is an amazing documentary.

I think her years with Maurice Templeman later in life were happiest because he loved her and did not cheat either.

What a clever documentary, very insightful on Jackie's true nature and what informed her character. From the comments, it seems most people missed the nuances. It has some reflections of her portrait in Peter Evans's authorized biography of Aristotle Onassis and his subsequent unauthorised work on the clandestine Kennedy-Onassis rivalry, as well as the views of Arthur Schlesinger's children on Jackie's treatment of their father and the excruciating effect it had on him. Every silver lining has a dark cloud, and the ethereal Camelot legend had a Queen Guinevere.

She discussed the Cuban Missile Crisis. Evidently the White House bunker wasn't as big and strong as now. He tried to get her to leave Washington. She said that she wouldn't leave. She told him that if he died she and the children would die with him.

What Johnson did to Jackie was sppaling. Making her witness him take the Oath of Office not 2 hrs after her husband was murdered. But she was one tough lady.

I have so much respect for Jackie…..she went through HELL on Earth and was such a classy lady

Dream life? Let’s not get too sentimental, shall we? I think everyone knew Jack cheated on her frequently and she knew about it too.

Wonderful documentary. Thank you.

Beautiful but heart broken documentary 😢❤

"She wanted to move to New York, perhaps to be near Robert Kennedy...but she wanted to distance herself from The Kennedys". Does anyone proofread this shit?

They are so many inaccuracies being narrated here. Clint hill didn’t get the Medal of Honor that is only awarded to the military, and when they said that is was a bid for life when Jackie crawled to the trunk of the vehicle . She was trying to recover the pieces of jack skull.

I cant believe that 70 years later i am sobbing in my kitchen even at the beginning of this documentation. Truly the major vlow to our dreams of democracy not that he was perfect, but compared to the degenerate criminal would be dictator thats grabbed our country by the throat to. Strangle our democracy, im left ahaking my head and wondering HOW THE H. ..L DID WE COME TO THIS????

The bastards murdered him.

Caroline wasn't 7 when her father died. She was 5-1/2 going on 6, five days after her father's assassination.

No one in the family, or even friends, ever called their son "John John". Ever. This nickname was an invention of a reporter and one very much disliked by both Jackie and John Jr.

This was amazing. Well worth the watch.

The fact that I had no idea Jackie smoked is a testament to her overwhelming need for public propriety and absolute privacy.

Like life anything good that happens is quickly extinguished by the envious the jealous ... Watch your back always Jack.

The fact that she was able to function at all, after witnessing her husband get his brains splattered all over her and that car, was nothing but a miracle. She was an amazingly tough, brave woman.😢

What a wonderful, beautiful, and inspirational woman! She is an example of a strong and intelligent woman that has left us with a great example of what a real woman is! ❤❤❤ John Kennedy’s election …I stayed up all night watching the election results, I was only 10 at the time but just had to watch it all…I was lucky my parents let me stay up…President Kennedy was the 1st political event I ever took interest in…

While listening to this it just struck me how much Jackie Kennedy’s childlike voice resembles Marilyn Monroe’s 😮 am I the only one who reflected on that?!? 😮Am I losing it big time?

Hey, the president Kennedy was not an addict. He was dependent on the medicine to help him move and live. That is outlanders that his brother would even think what he was thinking. I loved President John Kennedy, and always well have the greatest respect for that man.

This shouldn't have ads!!

Clint Hill's job was to protect Mrs Kennedy, not Jack...

The most beautiful couple. Great president and the best first lady. Great personal story. May they both rest in peace. God bless 🙏 🙌

I certainly hear the negative tone the narrator was so keen to adopt; while he seems to expect Jackie to be filled with saintly understanding, he extends none of that same empathy in her direction.

Her strength kept the country together during that tragic time.

Decades later, we finally 😢 we finally understand everything ... I remember that day ....

This is the best compilation of footage of the Kennedys I've ever seen. Excellently written as well.

Excellent documentary.I was named after this great lady. ❤

Wonderful documentary.

Plus, his father was no shining example of virtue. The reason Rose sprnt so much time in church.

Who wrote this dribble? Caroline was 5 yrs old on 11/22/63. Clint Hill's job was to protect Jackie, not Jack and was the only SS Agent to try to save the president. Jackie never said that about his skull. Jesus, this is awful.

I thought you were going to play the interview

Being married to a Kennedy, John Kennedy in particular, must have been traumatic enough for Jackie before the trauma of Dallas. Rose Kennedy must have endured similar abuse at the hands of Joe Kennedy, a particularly abhorrent little man, I would say. Ted Kenndy in particular, treated his beautiful, supportive, clever and cultured, ever loyal wife like a piece of trash. I don't think the public really ever knew what the real image of a Kennedy marriage must have been like, despite accepting that the societally norms were very different from what we expect today. Lastly, Jacquie must have suffered some form of what we now call PTSD after literally seeing her husband` s head explode right in front of her eyes. I am sure life got a, lot better for her when she made a new life for herself despite the unfair criticism she faced from marrying Onasis.

This program is not a documentary.

If only John and Bobby had lived. We as a country would be far better off. What could've been.

Always loved the Kennedy family. 💫💖💫

Seems a bit contrived, but still interesting.

What a lovely family and what a grande documentary to honor them, no matter how sad I still feel love for them. May God bless Caroline and all of the Kennedys left... for they hold such endearing but sad memories. Thank you for this historical & very important documentary.

So, I suffered through it tho I was so wanting to quit about 1/2 way. The best part by far was the archival footage. As for the repor😢ting, it ranged from complimentary, to slanderous, to downright fabrication and opinions. Not worth your time if you're looking for credible information.

I loved Jacqueline Kennedy. I named my first born daughter Jacqueline. First lady Jacqueline was classy intelligent gracious women. I was in middle school 7th grade, when i heard over the intercom, school principal announcing through tears our dear president Kennedy had been assassinated! I was sadden & my parents were crying when I got home. God knows who the conspirators were, it was not one mans, doing.

That is a SMOOTH narration - exquisite 👏🏻👏🏻

After the assassination, she moved into the Georgetown home of a friend, a former Miss America. Across the street, the home of one of the sons of Lincoln, who happened to be present at THREE US President's assassination. Later, there'd be talk of the "Kennedy curse" -- early, tragic deaths in the family.

Jackie didn’t seem to be particularly kind. How hard would it have been for her to treat Malraux and his wife with kindness? They lost 2 sons in an accident. Jackie called them 2 sinister crows. Lovely. Just lovely.

So much misinformation and editorializing.

Kennedy and the USSR made a peace pact and nuclear disarmament agreement out of those meetings...

This seems to be a mean twisted STORY of the facts.

I’m not a Kennedy fan but they are fascinating.

Nothing new here. Better to listen to JACKIE’S interview (in her own words) as presented by DIANE SAWYER. This narrator is sensationalizing unnecessarily.

At least she’s now with Jack again, and thanks for the video!

"He offered drugs to his 19y/o mistress, Mimmi and even offered her to his collaborators as a gift"

Who wrote this garbage?

WOW!!! That was powerful and so well done. The videos and the narration were simply flawless. Thank you

I was six years old but not yet in school because I have a December birthday. That's the story I was given. But because I was home, I recall watching the three stooges and changing the channel to watch Mr. Peppermint. If I'm not mistaken thats when the special report came on and I watched with sadness as they reported the assignation. After a few minutes I went to the kitchen and held my Mothers hand and told her what I just saw and asked her to watch the TV and tell me if Kennedy was really dead. She cried off and on the whole day. We were a Catholic family and my Mother loved John Kennedy. What a tragedy.

Jackie in 1969:"Who did they expect me to marry?Some dentist from New Jersey?"

Jack asked her to wear something bright in case someone took a shot at him, he was about the bravest man I've ever seen, otherwise Wondering what Caroline saw in that dude, btw Jack had final approval on all speeches Sorenson would then make his recommended changes don't sell his intelligence short, the only jealous leaders were domestic not foreign except maybe England he wanted colonialism disband they didn't like that one bit, those Cubans he personally paid 2 million dollars of his own money to unknowingly get the very people released that shot him , LBJ gave Evelyn Lincoln 30 minutes to clear out the oval office and hers, what a nice guy, I'm wondering half way thru this "Is this a hit piece or what? Jack often carried John John on his back C'mon guys, hit piece folks they still hate him today

Caroline was actually six, not seven

The shocked and saddened look in Jackie's eyes 😢

I talked to Clint Hill at an event here is Chicago a few years ago...He was the body guard for Jackie and the kids...I believe he thought the assassination was a hit job

Several factual inaccuracies, beginning with Jackie's "bid for life," which many commenters mention. JFK studied oration and speechwriting profusely. (I don't think Jackie lied about his writing his own speech.) He was a dedicated writer, as was Jackie. Jackie had been interested in Vietnam since studying at the Sorbonne as a university student. She was deeply interested in French literature, philosophy, politics, history and the desire of the Vietnamese to be free of French colonialism. She wrote a Vietnam report, extensively researched, also translated (meticulously), which figured greatly into Senator Jack's knowledge on the situation in Southeast Asia. Parts of her 84 page report were integrated into a proposal JFK gave to the senate, regarding what position the US should take with respect to Vietnam. I don't think she was playing up her role in history, as the doc says.They were attracted to each other in many ways, intellectually for sure. JFK could have had practically any woman in the US as his wife. He was inspired by Jackie's curiosity, imagination, work ethic and of course, grace. Great to see the footage but commentary is insulting to them both.