Mr. BELIN. In connection with your employment, what is the fact as to whether or not you had anything to do with the coverage of the visit of President Kennedy to Dallas? Mr. COUCH. Yes; I did. Mr. BELIN. Could you just state what your duties were and what you did that day? Mr. COUCH. I was assigned to cover the arrival of the President at the airport and to ride in the motorcade through town and, then, to ride with the motorcade of the President back to the airport when he left. Mr. BELIN. Now, when you were assigned, were you assigned as a reporter, as a photographer, or in what capacity? Mr. COUCH. As a photographer. Mr. BELIN. Would this be moving picture film or still shots, or both? Mr. COUCH. Moving only. Mr. BELIN. Moving picture film only? Mr. COUCH. Yes. Mr. BELIN. Were you at Love Field in Dallas when the President arrived? Mr. COUCH. That's right; uh-huh. Mr. BELIN. Did you take moving pictures of him there? Mr. COUCH. That's right. Mr. BELIN. Then you got in the motorcade? Mr. COUCH. Right; uh-huh. Mr. BELIN. And the motorcade proceeded, first, from Love Field toward downtown Dallas--is that correct? Mr. COUCH. That's right. Mr. BELIN. Do you remember the route you took through downtown Dallas? Mr. COUCH. Uh--roughly. It was out through the airport parkway to Mockingbird Lane to Lemmon, down Lemmon to Turtle Creek, down Turtle Creek to--uh--I'm not sure of those streets. I think McKinney or Cedar Springs. I'm not sure. Mr. BELIN. Well, if you aren't particularly sure--okay. What about when you got downtown to the center of Dallas? Do you remember what streets you went on? Mr. COUCH. Yes. Well, we came in on Harwood and then turned right on Main at the City Hall. Mr. BELIN. And then you took Main to where? Mr. COUCH. Main down to--uh--Houston. Mr. BELIN. All right. You were heading, now, west on Main down to Houston? Mr. COUCH. Right. Mr. BELIN. About where in the motorcade was your car? Do you remember offhand? Mr. COUCH. Uh-uh--roughly--and I'm not sure--the fifth or sixth car back from the lead car. I'm not sure which one. Mr. BELIN. Now, do you remember, as you approached Houston Street on Main about how fast the motorcade was going? Mr. COUCH. I would estimate--uh--20 miles an hour. The speed had picked up some. Everyone gave a sigh a relief that--uh--it was over; and one of the cameramen, I remember, his camera broke and another one was out of film. Everyone was relaxed. And--uh--of course, then we turned north on Houston, and it was there that we heard the first gunshot. Mr. BELIN. All right. Before we get to the first gunshot--do you remember who was riding in the car with you? Mr. COUCH. Uh--an best I can, it was Jimmy Darnell--Channel 5: uh--Bob Jackson--Times Herald; Jim Underwood--KRLD-TV; and the fellow--uh--Mr. Dillard--Tom Dillard--Dallas Morning News. And the driver of the car; I don't know his name. Mr. BELIN. Were you sitting in the front or the back seat?