See More Rare Footage From JFK Jr. And Carolyn Bessette’s Wedding | TODAY

LENSES OF THE PAPARAZZI. ONLY CAPTURED ON VIDEO BY A LONG-TIME FRIEND. >> Reporter: THIS MORNING, NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON A LOVE STORY THAT CAPTIVATED THE NATION. >> LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW CAROLYN'S FAMILY MORE. IT STILL STICKS IN MY CRAW THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE CALLED MY WIFE COME SUNDAY. >> Reporter: JOHN F KENNEDY JR.'S MARRIAGE TO CAROLYN BESSETTE IN CUMBERLAND ISLAND OFF THE GEORGIA COAST, PART OF AN UPCOMING TLC DOCUMENTARY. HIS LONG-TIME FRIEND BILLY RECORDED IT ON HIS CAMCORDER AND IS GIVING IT TO THE FILMMAKERS. >> DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, SASSY, COULD BE EDGY, AND I THINK JOHN LIKED THAT.

IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT ANGLE THAN HIS WORLD. >> Reporter: THE POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT TRAINED ON HIM SINCE HIS EARLIEST DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AFTER HIS FATHER'S ASSASSINATION AND THIS SALUTE SEEN AROUND THE GLOBE, JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. BLOSSOMING ON HIS OWN. >> QUARTER CENTURY AGO, MY FATHER STOOD BEFORE YOU TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: BECOMING AN ATTORNEY AND VERY ELIGIBLE BACHELOR. >> IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER HE GOT TO COLLEGE THAT HE SORT OF MORPHED INTO THIS SEXIEST MAN ALIVE. >> Reporter: FOR THEIR WEDDING, THE FAMOUS BRIDE AND GROOM PRIORITIZING SECRECY. >> READY FOR ALL OF THIS? >> YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT. >> Reporter: THE GUESTS TAKING A PRIVATE PLANE TO FLORIDA.

>> KIDDING ME? >> NO. >> LOOK AT THAT. >> Reporter: THEN BOARDING A MO COAST OF GEORGIA. >> I OWE ALL OF YOU A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE. I REALIZE THAT WE IMPOSED CERTAIN CONDITIONS. >> Reporter: JOHN F. KENNEDY TURNED THE SECRECY TO HIS TOAST TO THE BRIDE-TO-BE. >> YOU CHANGED MY LIFE IN WAYS I NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. JUST MADE ME THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE. >> Reporter: THE NEXT DAY, TRAVELING OFF ROAD TO THE WEDDING CEREMONY IN JEEPS AND PICK-UP TRUCKS, FOLLOWING PATHS UN-TRACKABLE BY PAPARAZZI TO A CHURCH IN THE WOODS. >> IT WAS AMAZING TO HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. WHEN I LOOK AT THE VIDEO NOW, I REALIZE HOW MAGICAL IT WAS AND HOW SPECIAL IT WAS. >> NUNIN WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DINNER WITH JFK THE NIGHT HIS PLANE WENT DOWN. YOU'D WONDER WHY HE'D MAKE THESE VIDEOS PUBLIC.

HE SAID THEY WERE SITTING IN A SHOE BOX COLLECTING DUST, AND AS WE APPROACH THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATHS, HE WANTED TO CELEBRATE WHAT WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF THEIR LIVES. >> PRESUMABLY WAS PAID FOR THE VIDEO, AS WELL. >> YES, HE LICENSED THE VIDEOS. I FELT KIND OF CREEPY WATCHING IT. >> RIGHT. >> YOU KNEW PRIVACY WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. IT WAS EVERYTHING. >> IT IS INTERESTING, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, TO PUT THEM OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. >> YEAH. >> LIKE THAT. >> BY THE WAY, YOU CAN

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