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A special announcement from BBC TV on the day US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

VIDEO: BBC TV continuity: JFK assassination. Announcer: TBC. TX DATE: 22nd November 1963. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] GRAPHIC: a ‘Special Announcement’ graphic is used to inform viewers that special programmes providing world opinion on the death of the president will be broadcast over the weekend – the first of which will be at 1pm tomorrow.

[00:00:17] CLOCK: at 9.27pm, we’re told that the schedule has been rearranged. The next programme will be Britten at 50 and that will follow at 9.35pm.

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FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: BBC TV graphic: Special Announcement. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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