The Assassination of John Lennon (2007)

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…On December 8, 1980, outside the Dakota Building, the 40 year-old Beatle was shot dead by Mark David Chapman, a young stalker who alleged that he was Lennon’s “double”… What were the psychological factors which drove Chapman to murder?..

“Get ready to witness the 20th Century’s most damaging and outrageous assassination attempts, first-hand. From the assassination of John F Kennedy to the gunning down of Mahatma Gandhi, the tragic shooting of John Lennon to the brutal bombing of one of Hitler’s henchmen, the BBC series Infamous Assassinations brings you as close to the killers as the cameramen themselves – which sometimes means just a few feet… Using rare archive footage and reconstructions, each episode of this BBC documentary series focuses on a different story, from attacks on royalty, politicians and guerrilla leaders to media personalities who all, for one reason or another, stepped in the way of an assassin determined to bring their life to an end. Many of their motives have remained shrouded in mystery. Until now… ” bbcactivevideoforlearning

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