Christmas at the Governor’s Mansion (1963)

Duration: 1:15

Year Published: 1963

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This silent footage from 1963 shows Governor John Connally and his family opening presents and reading cards in front of a Christmas tree at the Texas Governor’s Mansion in Austin. Shot shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas—when Connally sustained injuries to the chest, wrist, and thigh—the Governor rests in a chair and wears his right arm in a sling.