FLASHBACK: Barbara Walters, who died today at 93, filed this woman-on-the-street report in the hours following the #JFKAssassination. 📺
Barbara documented the eerie quiet in bustling #NewYorkCity on the night of Nov. 22, 1963.
Barbara documented the eerie quiet in bustling #NewYorkCity on the night of Nov. 22, 1963.
And yes, that IS Barbara’s longtime ABC News 20/20 co-host Hugh Downs with her in this vintage 1963 clip.
Downs hosted the Today Show for NBC at the time. Barbara got her start as a writer at @TODAYshow before graduating to on-camera assignments like this one…
Downs hosted the Today Show for NBC at the time. Barbara got her start as a writer at @TODAYshow before graduating to on-camera assignments like this one…
Barbara Walters visited the Russian Embassy in Manhattan on the evening of Nov. 22, 1963 and reported the Embassy was flying the flag at half staff in President Kennedy’s honor. An attendant at the door was clearly stunned with grief.
Walters then called on former VP #Nixon and Sen. Rockefeller (both were not at home).
She noted that a private cocktail party of Fifth Ave. elites continued unabated on the night of President Kennedy’s murder. 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸
She noted that a private cocktail party of Fifth Ave. elites continued unabated on the night of President Kennedy’s murder. 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸
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