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Kennedy's rocking chair
The sale of President Kennedy's rocking chair, JFK's ailments and the discreetness of the press, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.
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Mon 3 Dec 200713:15
BBC Radio 7
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See Alistair Cooke's original script
View the script for this programme at the BU archive
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Assassination of J F Kennedy, 1963
The death of J F Kennedy (1917-1963), the first president of the television age.
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Thirtieth anniversary of Kennedy assassination, 1993
The 30th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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- Mon 3 Dec 200713:15BBC Radio 7
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JFK
A collection to mark the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination.
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See the scripts 2—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke.
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See the scripts at the Boston University Archive—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Link through to Alistair Cooke's original scripts, at Boston University's HGARC.
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