Four Days in November (1964)

Theatrical documentary centered on the four day period from the assassination to the burial of president John F. Kennedy  (though in reality it also covers highlights from the weeks leading up to the assassination). The film is narrated by actor Richard Basehart, and makes extensive use of period broadcasts, location shooting, interviews with witnesses, and even reenactments featuring people who were in some way involved in the events depicted, including the Oswald co-worker who drove him to work that day, the priest that gave the president his last rites, and the judge who swore Lyndon Johnson in as president. Released only a year after the events depicted, Four Days in November is close to a first draft of history, and the immediacy of the events lend the proceedings an affecting rawness. It's also the first time I can remember seeing a depiction of the assassination that did not include use of the iconic Zapruder film, which had not yet been released tot he public at the time this motion picture was made. ***