The Assassination of President Lincoln
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General Information
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Creator:
NBC News
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Event Date:
Air/Publish Date:
04/14/1865
01/15/1966
Copyright Date:
Clip Length
Video News Report
NBCUniversal Media,
LLC.
1966
00:01:26
Description
A segment from a 1966 NBC documentary, "These Honored Dead," remembers the fateful evening of
April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater, when Lincoln was shot.
Keywords
President Abraham Lincoln, Assassination, Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., Play, Performance, An
American Cousin, John Wilkes Booth, Shot, Broken Leg, Sic Semper Tyrannis
Citation
MLA
"The Assassination of President Lincoln." NBC News. NBCUniversal Media. 15 Jan. 1966. NBC Learn.
Web. 4 February 2015
© 2008-2015 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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APA
1966, January 15. The Assassination of President Lincoln. [Television series episode]. NBC News.
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CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE
"The Assassination of President Lincoln" NBC News, New York, NY: NBC Universal, 01/15/1966.
Accessed Wed Feb 4 2015 from NBC Learn: https://preview-archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k12/browse/?cuecard=525
Transcript
The Assassination of President Lincoln
NARRATOR: On April 14, 1865, just two days after Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, President
Lincoln and his wife were to attend a special performance of a play called
Our American Cousin
, at Ford’s Theater. It was a great occasion, and the audience applauded wildly as the President and his
party took their seats and the house lights dimmed. Up in the president’s box, Lincoln’s bodyguard found
he couldn’t see, so he moved to the balcony for a better view of the play. Meanwhile, John Wilkes Booth,
a southern sympathizer who bitterly resented the northern victory, crept into the darkened theater. Quietly
he padded along the corridor, and softly opened the door to the president’s box. A shot rang out, Lincoln
slumped in his chair, and Booth leaped onto the stage. He broke his leg in the fall, but he yelled “sic
simper tyrannis,” so with all tyranny, at the horrified audience and then ran limping to a back exit. Lincoln
was taken to a nearby house where he lay unconscious, and at 7:22 the following morning, President
Abraham Lincoln died.
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