After fifty seven years (2020) it still hurts to hear about that day in Dallas. We lost a great man on November 22, 1963 and the fallout from that day continues to effect our country and the entire world.

Nellie showed a tremendous amount of elegance and grace in this interview. I have always felt so badly for her and Jackie. They both may have suffered a certain level of PTSD for the rest of their lives over the events of November 22nd.

What a nice, kind interviewer...... unlike what we’ve become to expect in this day and age! I had the privilege of meeting Governor Connally and his beautiful wife, Nellie, many times over the years and I appreciate the respect she was given and deserved by your interviewer....good reporting!

Perfect interview. So civil and kind which we need from the press. Mrs. Connelly projects sincerity.

Strong devoted wife, mother and American. We need more people like her in this world.

Bless her heart! Nellie C. courageously recounts an event that shocked the world!

What a wonderful woman it must have been one of the worst day of her life I'm glad she shared her story

Nellie Connally must have made Texas proud as its first lady. She reminds me of my dear grandmother with her strength, resilience, and optimism, no matter what comes your way. I love her ability to tell a story which such great detail while keeping your attention.

That was an awesome interview. Both interviewer and interviewee were the epitome of grace and I am ever grateful for those who made this interview possible

Incredible interview - Mrs. Connally was such a classy lady. Down to earth and great communicator.

I felt for her when she said she wanted to be deferential to the President but she was wondering how long she had to wait until she asked somebody to help her husband. I can only imagine. She knew the president would not survive and her husband had a chance. One of the hospital doctors later said Gov Connolly had no security whatsoever when he was recovering in the hospital several days later. His words were “anybody could have walked in his room.” Times were certainly different.

What an eloquent and beautiful speaker and story teller. I always got a kick out of her coming out of the plane at lLove Field. Had a little hop in her step and just seemed so happy and in the moment

What a well spoken, heartfelt, true Texan woman. I would love to be at her home for Thanksgiving dinner and give her a hug and just listen to her gifted storytelling. The interviewer is very respectful as well. Reporting of American history at its finest.

Man. What a first count witness to hear on this matter. No one in the world was closer than she was

Nellie Connally was a real class act. God Rest Her Soul!

This Woman should be held in the highest of esteems - She went through a catastrophic event - up close and personal - Thank God she wasn't hurt - Mr Connally was fortunate to have such a strong, formedable partner

Such an eloquent lovely woman. I was 3 weeks old and born in England when it happened. It’s easy to get bogged down with the events of that day but Nellie Connolly speaks from the heart. A pure and unadulterated version of events as she experienced them.

This lady was a true royal treasure to history. I'm so glad she had lived to share her story. May Mrs. Connally be in eternal peace with the Lord. 🌹🕊❤

What a wonderful and brave woman, who reminds me of my Texas grandmother. It is hard to imagine what it must have been like in that car and afterwards. On my visits to Dealey Plaza, I always think of her and Gov. Connally as well as JFK and Jackie.

I feel this woman was gracious and honest.

Very good interview. Strong and wonderful woman! Thank you Nellie Connally for your bravery and account of one of the most tragic moments in American history.

Ernie Manouse has the softest compassionate eyes I have ever seen and he conducted this interview so well. Mrs Connally is a lady!!

Great interview. The interviewer actually read the book.

Nellie Conally still sharp with her memories!! God Bless her!!

Im glad she and her husband made it out slive. I sense a lack of empathy for Jackie. What she endured is beyond horrible. Having his brains smeared all over her and knowing he was gone has no comparison. She was alone at the worst moment. I was 13 when I heard the news. By the time I got home he was dead. What a public display of cruelty and evil. Seems like it waa yesterday. Tragedy marked this family. What about Caroline? She lost them all.😢😢

What a wonderful lady. Always speaks the truth and when someone tried to get something else from her she never fell for the tactics. God bless Ms Connallay.

Wow she seems so intelligent. What an amazing speaker and great story teller.

I barely knew Nellie but I saw her OFTEN. She encouraged her husband to go have great ideas while puttering around his walled-off front yard at the edge of River Oaks Blvd and Ella Lee. I had a daily habit of jogging that took me past their home and I shared a few words, wink and a nod,,with Gov Con maybe 700x. He was so handsome and she was an ideal wife by my standards. Never once did we discuss that event in Dallas. I've known lost of people who survived gunshot wounds and I think only one told me all about it in extreme detail. Big love. He was a classy guy. She too. BIG quiet tasteful support. No camera hogging. A good lesson for wives of prominent men today. I'm a feminist. I just think you decide on the point person and that's how it works.

A very good interview, the host was tactful and very considerate.

She says that there were three shots and they all hit. The Warren Commission said that one shot missed, so there is a conflict.

John Connelly in 1980 ran for President. When asked about Teddy Kennedy also running said, "Well, at least I didn't drown anybody."

1:06 - 40 years later, Nellie Connaly is NOT the last survivor of the Kennedy car. Not even after 58 years. Secret Service agent Clint Hill ran to the car and jumped in to protect Jackie and John Kennedy. He spread his body over the two and was in the car all the way to Parkland Hospital. That said, Nelly is a wonderful woman.

Mrs Connally,a wonderful,wonderful straight up no nonsense woman .I was ten years of age on that terrible day ,at St Joesephs Catholic school in Picton New Zealand.The Head Sister entered our school room and spoke to our nun ,then told us all to cease with school work imediately and begin with prayer for president Kennedy,57years later it still upsts me.

what a great lady .. i was 10 yrs old..thatll never go away

All are gone now. Glad she put her memories on video.

I’m a Floridian but lived in Texas for 10 years. I love the Texans. Love their patriotism all the flags the laughs the wonderful friends I made. I was 12 watching TV on that fateful day.

Such a graceful lady!

I was wearing a pink cotton skirt and a pink cotton blouse with pink knee socks and white keds when the announcement was made over the school intercom. School let out early & we walked home like zombies.

In all our speculation, in all the conspiracy theories, I think we all forget these people are human. We lost a president. They lost a friend......a husband.....how could they live with that horrific memory etched in their minds forever?? It would be so painful to me. Such incredibly incapacitating pain....these women are STRONG. Gov. Connally was a strong man. I don’t think we as a whole have the kind of strength these people had, who lived through wars every decade, who went through the depression, who experienced these painful moments in history, and STILL pressed on, with NO complaint, with such joy for the little moments of life.....these are my role models. Not instagram and KZfaq gurus, not rappers and artists....these people right here ✊🏽

Thank you Nellie, bless your heart

10mins she says re: the bubble top. They couldn’t have killed him. She says ‘They’. That’s not a slip. She could have said he or Oswald, or the assassin but she didn’t she said ‘they’.

An incredible lady

Such a great interview

Mahalo I really appreciate hearing her story 🤙🌺

great interview, she and mrs. kennedy were just inches away from the flying bullets, terrifying.

An excellent interview

Sweet Lady and wonderful hearing her side of that day. I don't know how she could believe that Oswald acted alone, but that is what she was told over and over I am sure. That generation was so strong and able to go on.

A CLASS LADY R.I.P

Wouldn't she have made a great first lady? What a brave woman to have endured such a horrific time. That's the kind of gal we call American! We need more like her.

what a beautiful, well spoken account of that fateful day. Classy lady

such a beautiful lady.

As she told here, and John Connally said in different interviews, he was not hit by the same bullet as Kennedy. He turned to see what was wrong with Kennedy and then he was hit. There was more than one shooter.

Fascinating!

What a thoughtful and sweet interviewer!

Wonderful lady!

God bless Nellie Connally and Jackie Kennedy..RIP

This was very enjoyable.

I've heard many times that the bubble top that would have been on the car was not bulletproof. However it still may have altered the shot and history...

I met John and Nellie Connally. Nellie was lovely woman and would have made a gracious First Lady.

Wonderful interviewer

I'm going to correct one thing Mrs. Connally said. The bubble top while being plexiglass it was not bulletproof.

NELLIE CONNALLY is what you would call a real Southern lady !

When interviewer asks Mrs. Connally “You and your husband stayed in public life after that. Why?” She proudly answers “Well, like a good little soldier, you have to face forward and march. You can’t just live in the past or you’ve got to go on and if you have anything left…” she then tilts her head with big grin. As witness to horrific event of JFK assassination, sitting right in front of President & Mrs. Kennedy, with blood & matter splattered everywhere and her own husband also shot, Mrs. Connally and her husband could have lived the rest of their lives with severe PTSD, but instead, concentrated on raising their children, continued working in public service, while pushing that tragic event far from their daily lives, but never forgotten. They were part of the Greatest Generation who after WW2, chose to live their lives and raise their families as normally as they could. She may not have been correct about the real shooter. But when she describes how one of the bullets wounded her husband in the shoulder, rib area, leg and out through his wrist, you have to wonder about that magic bullet theory. Mrs. Connally, with emotional strength & grace, was indeed a brave soldier, devoted to her husband, concerned for the people of Dallas and of thoughtful of the wife of the police officer who was also fatally shot that day. She was a true patriot. God bless her soul.

Awesome Lady

Very pleasant interviewer and very sweet lady😊🥰😍

You went straight down on the floor by the tv coverage

Remember that silencers were invented decades before this event. What you heard was one thing but what really happened another.

Nellie Connally, what a great woman. I huge asset to Mr. Connally.

Ms. Connally seems to be a wonderful lady ! I want to read her book now very much. She is so charming and graceful you can't help but love her.

What an amazing woman

...Like a good soldier..

Good interviewer.

She didn't take them out of the cabinet for "33" years .... Imagine that ..

Very classy lady...

Pure class.

She just blew the lone shooter theory.

What a fantastic woman☮️💟

Bang goes the "magic bullet" theory.

Interview is 2002 but video graphics look like 1995

1:00 Hard to believe it's soon going to be 60 years since that day!

I interviewed John Connally he was very interesting about the shooting.

Although she accepts the 'official' explanation she clearly recalls the governor 'not' being struck by the shot that first injured the President, but by a second shot which followed. If that is true the injury to Tague necessitates a fourth shot. It's very odd that no one has ever pointed that out to her or her husband, or WE THE PEOPLE!

What a classy woman !

The date of this interview should have been noted somewhere. My apologies if I missed it.

Such a graceful lady, sweet, natural

Great interview. I loved what she said at the end about her notes, her words being history only if she left them exactly "as is" the day that she wrote them.

Beautiful lady

I usually don`t comment on KZfaq postings (as people can be so unkind in their responses), but at the 10:15 mark Mrs.Connolly clearly says " 'They' might could have hit him, but 'They' probably could not have killed him." "They", as opposed to "He".

What year did they do this interview, I wonder? In the description it says 2011, but she died in 2006 so that can't be right. I suppose 2011 must be the year they put it on KZfaq. I'll look again, maybe it's obvious and I just missed it.

33 years

She did not dare interview at this magnitude 33 yrs ago. Imagine that.

Interesting how she believes in the lone assassin theory but she consistently refers to "they." i.e. "When they shot him,' When they started shooting" ....

Your telling me this has been up for 10 years and it was only commented on for the first time 4 years after it was posted? With the majority of comments being from 3years ago-now? This wasnt on here 10 years ago no way

Scared then, scared now,the us is in a very bad bad way,Lord help us all.

She is a sharp tack

I hate to undermine her, but Oswald was NOT one of the shooters. There's plenty of evidence to show that he didn't kill Kennedy or Tippit. For one thing, we know that one of the acknowledged shots missed, so she's wrong when she says there were three shots and three hits. She apparently didn't know that there were similar plots planned for Chicago, Tampa, and Los Angeles shortly before it was pulled off in Dallas. She apparently didn't know that Oswald admired Kennedy, mostly because of his efforts to racially integrate the South. She apparently didn't know that Oswald had ties to the CIA, the FBI, and the Mafia. She apparently didn't know that no one saw Oswald holding the rifle on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository or on the stairwell between there and the second floor where Oswald was seen right after the assassination. There's so much else that she apparently didn't know.

@ 10:10 actually the convertible top wasn't bulletproof.

The bubble top was not.bullet proof

No President should ride in an open car from now on because now we know what can happen if they are in a open top car...... Jackie she was walking with her blood filled suit she said leave it I want America to see what they did to my husband!!!!!! They killed a brillant man a caring man a man that we will see as a hero forever so smart and so kind!!!!!

What a lovely, beautiful lady.