Kurz nachdem der Film JFK - Tatort Dallas in die Kinos kam, wurde eine Welle der Empörung und des Interesses am Kennedy-Attentat ins Rollen gebracht.
ARD, ZDF und viele andere Sender gruben plötzlich Dokumentationen aus, die nie zuvor irgendjemand gesehen hatte. So auch diese aus neuen Filmen bestehende Dokumentation. Diese wurde damals in deutscher Sprache synchronisiert ausgestrahlt. Einwandfrei. Mehr als perfekt.
Durch neueste Restaurierungsmaßnahmen konnte der echte Schütze, der Kennedy am Grashügel erschoss, sichtbar gemacht werden.
Der Möder trug eine Polizistenuniform und wurde in der Dokumentation Batchman genannt, eben wegen der Marke.
Dieses Beweismittel ist nie wieder irgndwo anders aufgetaucht, ebenso wenig wie die Dokumentation auf Deutsch - leider!

Seit 1991 beschäftigt mich das Kennedy Attentat immer mal wieder (es fällt auch in die Zeit, wo ich bereits auf der Erde war, 1962 geboren, gerade mal ein Jahr alt, als der Präsident erschossen wurde).
Die Suche nach echten Beweismitteln ist schwierig, da immer noch die meiner Meinung nach echte Verschwörungstheorie aufrecht erhalten wird, dass Lee Harvey Oswald der alleinige Schütze war. Dass dieser nicht einen einzige Schuss abgegeben hat, beweist ein Foto, das ihn während der Parade an der Straße zeigt, wenige Sekunden vor den Schüssen.
Der Sündenbock - The patsy durfte auf keinen Fall überleben.....

So ist diese Dokumentation The men who killed Kennedy einzigartig. Der Preis, der hier verlangt wird, leider nicht.
Dennoch: Wer an wirklichen Fakten interessiert ist, echte Zeugen (nicht gekaufte oder eingeschüchterte) hören und erlben will, für den ist sie etwas. Auch auf Englisch. Schade nur, dass der Fall Kennedy wieder gänzlich in Vergessneheit gerietund kaum noch echte Informationen in Deutscher Sprache verfügbar sind. So haben die Attentäter und Drahtzieher ihr Zeil erreicht, die Wahrheit totzuschweigen.
John F. Kennedy war meiner Meinung nach der beste Präsident der USA. Der Mord an ihm leitete die Zeit der Bedrängnis ein, die inzwischen beängstigend wird.

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WILLIAM F LUSCOMBE

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on 4 June 2018

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Excellent middle game - tempting and almost persuading endgame - wins the game but with a generalization.

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MR S WOODS

View with an open mind. You will be stunned.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2016

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If you have any doubts about more than one gunman after seeing this set of documentaries, you must be very narrow minded. If you just listen to eye witness accounts, plus the total lack of legal procedure, it is quite astonishing to anybody with any common sense to realise that Oswald was just a scapegoat for some very influential people. I did not agree with everything shown here and I did thing some conclusions did contradicted each other. However 90% of the information is very compelling and can lead to one conclusion, Kennedy was murdered by several different gunmen and there are people in power who are above the law. Also lets not forget Oswald was not seen with a gun or identified fleeing the scene or more importantly tried in a court of law. No Oswald was murdered in a Police garage surrounded by Police Officers by a known mobster in broad daylight. There is a lot of information in these programs and they do benefit from repeat viewing just to soak up all the facts presented here. The problem with any conspiracy theories that they are portrayed in the media as crazy wild or kooky ideas. After watching this if you still think that Oswald was guilty then I sure some where you must think there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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Susan

Very compelling!

Reviewed in the United States on 14 April 2014

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This is a very well-done documentary which definitely makes one wonder who is running things in this country. I have read many, many books about the Kennedy assassination, and very much appreciated the way this documentary tied together so many details in a clear, coherent way. My opinion is that there was definitely a conspiracy to kill Kennedy, but the plot is like a giant jigsaw puzzle that has many pieces and players. This makes it very hard to unravel the truth of whole story, and frankly, I wonder if the entire plot will ever be completely unearthed. This series is done in such an understandable way that it is easy to follow even for high school students or those new to the subject.

From watching the dvd's, one learns how much evidence was either ignored or destroyed when it did not conform to the official "lone nut assassin" theory that was immediately embraced by the Warren Commission. Many people raise the objection that if there really was a conspiracy to kill JFK, surely someone would have talked over these many years. Well. . .many, many people have talked! They were just ignored by investigators and/or their bosses who cherry-picked evidence in order to have an open & shut case against Oswald. For example, anyone who heard shots from the Texas School Book Depository was interviewed by the FBI and ultimately, the Warren Commission; those who heard shots from the grassy knoll were not. Witnesses who said they saw Oswald shoot Officer Tippit were interviewed; those who saw two shooters, neither of which fit Oswald's description, were completely ignored. Sadly, many witnesses have died very suspicious deaths--several of them immediately prior to testifying before the House Committee on Assassinations in the 1970's.

This series interviews many eye-witnesses who were there at Dealy Plaza the day of the assassination, along with law enforcement who dealt with Oswald, the FBI, Jack Ruby, etc. Doctors at Parkland Hospital who worked to save JFK's life, people who were present at Kennedy's autopsy, witnesses to the Tippit murder and other key individuals are interviewed and they all have a very compelling story to tell. Several veteran JFK researchers such as Jim Garrison are interviewed, as well as Marina Oswald.

Some might wonder why it is still important to know the truth of what happened on Nov. 22, 1963. After all, so much time has passed; is it still relevant? Is this just an interesting mystery for history buffs and conspiracy theorists? I completely agree with one of the investigators interviewed on one of the dvd's that yes, this is still a very relevant issue to the American people. First of all, truth always matters! Secondly, if there truly was a conspiracy to kill Kennedy, then that means there are people who got away with murder. Thirdly, if Oswald was really framed, then an innocent man was declared guilty and ultimately murdered--without ever receiving his constitutional rights such as the right to a lawyer, the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law, the right to a trial by jury, the right to face his accusers, etc. . . For his descendants' sake, it is morally imperative to find out the truth and absolve him of guilt if he truly was a "patsy," as he claimed. Finally, if there were elements within the government who wield such power as to assassinate the elected president, then there is really no limit to what they are capable of. Images of 9-11 come to mind, along with other shady operations which have been sold to the American people as being perpetrated by "lone nuts," "terrorists," or "extremists."

I would definitely recommend getting the additional dvd's that were cut from this series. (Available on E-Bay the last time I checked.) They plunge further into the plot and reveal explosive information and name the names of those who were probably calling the shots. Yes, most likely the Mafia, CIA, and anti-Castro Cubans were involved and provided the shooters and the leg work to carry out the actual assassination. But the ultimate responsibility had to come from the highest levels of government in order for the post-assassination cover up to be successful. Very thought-provoking!

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Graham Hill

THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY -are still killing!

Reviewed in the United States on 26 December 2006

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When it comes to the JFK assasination??? Well lets just say as numerous polls indicate, most people don't believe what was put out by the Warren Commission. The British documentary series "The Men Who Killed Kennedy", was the only televised challenge that had the guts to speak it's mind, namely through producer Nigel Turner. First presented in 1988, Turner and his team assembled a great deal of testimony and research to dispute the "all so convenient and miraculous" facts that were offered up as gospel. "The Single Bullet Theory" being the weapon to blow away all those that dare doubt their government. But then being British myself and realising like many others what the killing of JFK has had on not just US but World history. I made sure that I watched this series when it had first aired on A&E. And what a revelation! Now I had already had my eyes opened, when the 1973 Burt Lancaster film "Executive Action", laid out many of the same findings, only hidden within the semi-fictional framework of not naming anyone. But this series started to fill in the gaps and start naming the cast of characters. Now this subject is certainly something that you can literally write volumes on, but to my simple way of thinking, you either blindly believe that one single person could kill JFK -with the worst possible choice of rifle; getting himself photographed with said rifle beforehand; being lucky enough to have Kennedy totally exposed in the limo -a virtual sitting duck; having in the first place, the luck and money to get discharged from the Marine Corp and being granted without any troble at all,a visa to Russia -and so on and so on, not to mention all those convenient deaths, accidents and suicides for years to come. Well to my mind at least -theres room for doubt!

It's the absolute body of doubt that makes the case for the series. Although serious damage was done to it's credibility when the so called "Marseille-drug hitmen connection" was prooved false. But that does not or should not alter all the evidence it has prooved. Which brings us to the final three installments of this nine part expose. Certainly the most controversial and indicting of all -part 7. "The Smoking Guns", part 8. "The Love Affair" and finally the bombshell part 9. "The Guilty Men". These three parts were aired on the History Channel on the 40th anniversary of the assasination. The first night the channel aired all three, I missed it. But the second night when they were repeated, a station disclaimer was added before each commercial break and the show aired without any cuts. Still, anger had been raised but the parent company Disney, held firm. They were released on dvd together with the rest of the series and then -they were suddenly no more. Totally pulled from release with the company deeply apologizing for having aired the series in the first place. Evenso, I managed to tape them from that second night anyway and I'm glad I did. Talk about in demand! That final part 9. "The Guilty Men" produced in 2003, the part that implicates Lyndon Baines Johnson himself, through none other than one of his attorneys Barr McClellan. Incidently at the time of all this, his son Scott just happened to be George W. Bush's press secretary. Now you don't have to panic if you missed the airing or couldn't get your hands on a copy of the tape or dvd, because Barr McClellan put it all down in his book "Blood, Money & Power" which is still available on Amazon. I guess LBJ's dedicated and ageing supporters, felt safe in the fact that the public don't read much anymore.

In conclusion though, this is a series worthy of debate. Personally I believe there was a conspiracy and a big one! Oswald was the ultimate fall guy and it wasn't just the presidential limo that took a big RIGHT turn into Deeley Plaza that November day. As for papers being released in the future, well you got to believe if anything was written down it's long gone now, along with anyone who even slightly witnessed anything. Such is the way with history and the struggle for power and wealth. And again being British -just look at our long, long history of bloody murder and state secrets!

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Pvtimz

It's been around for 20 years but still relevant

Reviewed in the United States on 17 August 2023

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One of the 1st JFK documentaries that covered the event in detail.

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