Samuel J. Seymour, Last Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination
HistoryFlicks4u · Interview · 7 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret
Why it's here
HN commenters link it whenever Lincoln, the Civil War, or how recent history really is comes up, as striking footage of a living witness to the assassination.
What it covers
A 1956 episode clip of the game show I've Got a Secret in which 95-year-old Samuel J. Seymour appears as the mystery guest. He was the last living eyewitness to Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater, and the panel tries to guess his secret.