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Originally Posted by Cori aka ChrisSCrush
Can you point to where these might be found? I have seen only film of Kennedy already down and people screaming as attempts were made to take the gun away, plus pictures of Kennedy wounded and some of Sirhan after he was subdued--no film or stills of Sirhan firing a gun or Kennedy being struck that I can ever recall, and I have looked at a lot of pictures of this event!
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I've done a lot of research in to the RFK assassination over the years and I can confirm there are no known photos or films of the assassination itself. Obviously, Scott Enyart came forward and claimed that he was in the kitchen pantry and taking pictures during the assassination, but his film was confiscated by LAPD that same night. When the proof sheet was returned to Enyart over twenty years later, it only showed one roll of film and there were no pictures of the assassination. Enyart claimed he took three rolls of film and that the police had omitted the majority of his photos. Enyart's claim of taking pictures during the assassination has been contradicted by his friends who claim he was standing with them in the ballroom at the time of the assassination and that he did not leave them to follow the Kennedy entourage in to the kitchen. Regardless, a jury in California found LAPD negligent in not returning the films and awarded Enyart monetary damages.
The California primary was extensively covered by the media including the big three, ABC, CBS, and NBC. I used to be pretty heavy in to tape trading years ago and managed to acquire several hours from each network of the night's events. All three were recording video during the assassination, but these cameras were stationed in the ballroom, and Kennedy was shot backstage in the kitchen pantry. The networks replayed these views several times throughout the evening, but you can't see anything. The crowds were dispersing as the event was pretty much over. Then, you hear people start screaming and see them rushing back in to the ballroom. It is obvious that something has happened, but you see nothing. At least one of the networks actually showed the police dragging Sirhan out in handcuffs and you hear people screaming things like "lynch him!" "get out of here!" and so on.
Interestingly, in the tapes, there is an interview with a young NBC technician who says that he watched Kennedy being shot on a camera monitor. I found this claim unusual, so I asked a friend of mine who is a historian. He confirmed this man's account was probably correct. In other words, there WERE television cameras in the kitchen pantry, but those feeds were not being videotaped. So, unfortunately, whatever those cameras captured is lost to history.