The day Kennedy died: 50 years later LIFE remembers the man and the moment

Introduction: For one brief shining moment

Foreword: "A death in the American family" (A conversation with David McCullough)

The Kennedys

President Kennedy

That day in Dallas

Who was Oswald?

LIFE is on the story

The Zapruder film

The Zapruder legacy

"Where were you when you heard?"

Remembering the moment, and the time

LIFE stays on the story

Farewell

After a death, the birth of Camelot

Was there a conspiracy?

The Kennedy legacy

Today in Dallas

One more artifact.