From the Oval Office to Dallas Love Field: White House Correspondent Sid Davis Remembers

As White House Correspondent for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Sid Davis closely followed President Kennedy on an almost daily basis. In this special presentation, marking the 55th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis, Davis shared candid memories from two of the most significant stories he covered during the Kennedy years. In October 1962, Davis was in the Oval Office when President Kennedy demanded that Soviet missiles be removed from Cuba. Just over a year later, Davis covered the Kennedy assassination and was one of three journalists to witness the swearing-in of President Johnson aboard Air Force One at Love Field.

During his lengthy career as a network journalist, Davis was Washington Bureau Chief for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company from 1960 to 1978, and then became vice president and Washington Bureau chief for NBC News until 1982. Davis traveled the globe covering, interviewing or directing coverage of nine U.S. presidents.

This conversation was moderated by Curator Stephen Fagin and took place on October 23, 2017. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (http://emuseum.jfk.org). Or make a research appointment to explore the books, DVDs and other materials available in the Museum's Reading Room (http://www.jfk.org/the-collections/reading-room).

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