Mr. Willis. Yes, sir.
Mr. Liebeler. You are the individual who stands almost directly behind the first motorcycle policeman in that picture, and you are shown with a camera?
Mr. Willis. With my camera raised; yes, sir. The little girl in the red dress and white scarf and coat is my daughter.
Mr. Liebeler. The farthest person in the right in the back of that picture?
Mr. Willis. The farthest person in that picture.
Mr. Liebeler. Now did you stand at that particular spot the entire time, or did you move down Elm Street?
Mr. Willis. No, sir; I took that picture just seconds before the first shot was fired, to get back close up. Then I started down the street, and the regular weekly edition of Life magazine came out and shows me in about three different pictures going down the street. Then my next shot was taken at the very—in fact, the shot caused me to squeeze the camera shutter, and I got a picture of the President as he was hit with the first shot. So instantaneous, in fact, that the crowd hadn't had time to react.
Mr. Liebeler. Now you have, as I understand it, a series of 12 slides, which apparently have been prepared by something called Phil Willis Enterprises, and which I understand is being marketed, at least in the Dallas area?
Mr. Willis. We haven't done anything with them as yet, but I am the only one, I am told, who has a complete set of the prints covering the last 25 seconds of the President's life and the assassination and the tragedy following.
I was so shocked I didn't sell any, like everyone did at the moment. And the same people who bought those said they would have been invaluable had I brought them to them, but it didn't dawn on me to do that. And later there has been so many requests because of the historical nature, that we felt compelled to make them available to the public.