Mr. Couch. Yes.
Mr. Belin. Not of the front entrance?
Mr. Couch. No.
Mr. Belin. Is there any particular reason, Mr. Couch, why you didn't take your first pictures of the School Book Depository Building itself when you say you saw a rifle being withdrawn?
Mr. Couch. Well, uh—as best I can recall, the excitement on the ground of people running and policemen "revving" up their motorcycles—and I have a real nice shot of a policeman running toward me with his pistol drawn—the activity on the ground kept my attention. The reason I did not stay and take pictures of the Depository Building—which I had originally intended to do when I got out of the motorcade—was that—uh—another cameraman from our station, A. J. L'Hoste—[spelling] L-'-H-o-s-t-e—he came running up and—uh—when he ran up, why I said, "You stay here and get shots of the building and go inside—and I'm going to go back—I'm going to follow the President."
Mr. Belin. All right. Was he also a moving picture cameraman?
Mr. Couch. Yes; right.
Mr. Belin. Where was he at the time you made this statement?
Mr. Couch. Uh—he was standing on that little sidewalk that runs between the—I met him on the little sidewalk between the Book Depository property and the beginning of the parkway.
Mr. Belin. That would be the west side of the Depository Building?