Senator Cooper. Would you describe again the nature of the shock that you had when you felt that you had been hit by a bullet?
Governor Connally. Senator, the best way I can describe it is to say that I would say it is as if someone doubled his fist and came up behind you and just with about a 12-inch blow hit you right in the back right below the shoulder blade.
Senator Cooper. That is when you heard the first rifleshot?
Governor Connally. This was after I heard the first rifleshot. There was no pain connected with it. There was no particular burning sensation. There was nothing more than that. I think you would feel almost the identical sensation I felt if someone came up behind you and just, with a short jab, hit you with a doubled-up fist just below the shoulder blade.
Senator Cooper. That is all.
Mr. Specter. I have just one other question, Governor. With respect to the films and the slides which you have viewed this morning, had you ever seen those pictures before this morning?
Governor Connally. I had seen what purported to be a copy of the film when I was in the hospital in Dallas. I had not seen the slides.
Mr. Specter. And when do you think you were hit on those slides, Governor, or in what range of slides?
Governor Connally. We took—you are talking about the number of the slides?
Mr. Specter. Yes.