Never-before-seen footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade racing to the hospital after he was fatally shot in Dallas will go to auction later this month.
The 8mm home footage recorded by Dale Carpenter Sr. shows the most complete view of the chaotic moments immediately after Kennedy was assassinated while sitting next to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, according to a former FBI analyst.
Online bidding on the film footage has already opened. As of Wednesday evening, the leading bid stood at $12,100.
“This is remarkable, in color, and you can feel the 80 mph,” said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president of RR Auction in Boston, where the film will go on sale during a live auction on Sept. 28.
Farris Rookstool III, a historian, documentary filmmaker and former FBI analyst who has reviewed the film, said it shows the rush to Parkland Hospital in a more complete way than other, more fragmented film footage he’s seen.