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 11, 1963: Kenneth O'Donnell sends a letter of reply to Jack Valenti formally accepting his invitation for the President to speak at the dinner honoring Rep. Albert Thomas. October 15, 1963: Ruth Paine calls the Texas School Book Depository and speaks to building superintendent Roy Truly, and convinces him to give Oswald a job interview. Truly interviews him that same day and hires Oswald as a temporary employee and he starts training the following day. October 20, 1963: Kenneth O'Donnell, special assistant and Appointments Secretary to President Kennedy, calls Jerry Bruno the advance man for the Kennedy trips, and asks