Assassination of John F. Kennedy or completely stop, the Warren Commission — based on the Zapruder film — found that the limousine had traveled an average speed of 11.2 miles per hour over the 186 ft of Elm Street immediately preceding the fatal head shot. Within one second of each other, President Kennedy, Governor Connally, and Mrs. Kennedy all turned abruptly from looking to their left to looking to their right, between Zapruder film frames 155 and 169. Connally, like the President, was a World War II military veteran but unlike him, a longtime hunter. Connally testified that he immediately recognized the sound as that
Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination but is denied in both instances. September 30, 1963: Lee Oswald purchases a bus ticket using the alias Mr. H. O. Lee that leaves Mexico City for Laredo, Texas at 0830 on October 2, 1963. October 3, 1963: Oswald arrives in Dallas and spends the night at the YMCA. October 4, 1963: Governor Connally meets with President Kennedy at the White House. Oswald applies for a job at Padgett Printing but is not hired because of a poor recommendation by the owner of Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. Oswald returns to stay at the Paine's residence in Irving, Texas for the weekend. October 7,