Why JFK Staged His Own Murder in a James Bond–Inspired Spy Film—2 Months Before His Assassination | Vanity Fair

The untold tale—and never-before-seen photos—of a 1963 home movie directed by Jacqueline Kennedy at Hammersmith Farm.

A visit to the website of the John F. Kennedy Library reveals a silent motion picture, some 16 minutes long, shot on the weekend of September 21 and 22, 1963. The footage depicts scenes of Kennedy, his family, and a few friends at various locations around Newport, Rhode Island, including Hammersmith Farm, the childhood home of first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

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