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Some dissenters claim only edited versions of the Zapruder film have ever been published. They point to impossible movement by persons in the background and irregular signal-light flashing as evidence of cuts, and 59 affidavits that the limousine came to a near or complete stop during the shooting, something which the film does not show. Some of these claims are almost occult, finding [[golden ratio]]s in the splicing.[[http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/phikent/zthesis.html] "page 2"] Others are convinced that at least the copies in the National Archives are unaltered.[http://www.jfk-info.com/moot1.htm] |
Some dissenters claim only edited versions of the Zapruder film have ever been published. They point to impossible movement by persons in the background and irregular signal-light flashing as evidence of cuts, and 59 affidavits that the limousine came to a near or complete stop during the shooting, something which the film does not show. Some of these claims are almost occult, finding [[golden ratio]]s in the splicing.[[http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/phikent/zthesis.html] "page 2"] Others are convinced that at least the copies in the National Archives are unaltered.[http://www.jfk-info.com/moot1.htm] |
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Zapruder's is the best-known movie of the assassination, and given its point of view and time frame, perhaps the best known;<!--see how important proper hyphenation is, you silly Americans?--> but it not the only one. There were at least seven others in Dealy Plaza with home-movie cameras |
Zapruder's is the best-known movie of the assassination, and given its point of view and time frame, perhaps the best known;<!--see how important proper hyphenation is, you silly Americans?--> but it is not the only one. There were at least seven others in Dealy Plaza with home-movie cameras—F. M. Bell, Charles Bronson (not the actor), Robert J. Hughes, Martin, Charles Mentesana, Mary Muchmore, and Orville Nix. Nix and Muchmore include the fatal shot, and Hughes shows the 6th-floor window of the book depository open ''but empty''.[http://www.jfk-info.com/photos1.htm] |
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Revision as of 16:26, 29 September 2003
The Zapruder film is the 8mm home movie footage made by a bystander - Abraham Zapruder - in Dallas, Texas at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The film was used by the Warren Commission (The Zapruder frames used by the Commission consist of exhibits 889-899 plus exhibits 901 and 902. (This is less than one second of film.) They were published in Volume XVIII of the Commission's report.) and was widely published in several magazines, including shot-by-shot printing in Life Magazine.
The footage has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Some dissenters claim only edited versions of the Zapruder film have ever been published. They point to impossible movement by persons in the background and irregular signal-light flashing as evidence of cuts, and 59 affidavits that the limousine came to a near or complete stop during the shooting, something which the film does not show. Some of these claims are almost occult, finding golden ratios in the splicing.[[1] "page 2"] Others are convinced that at least the copies in the National Archives are unaltered.[2]
Zapruder's is the best-known movie of the assassination, and given its point of view and time frame, perhaps the best known; but it is not the only one. There were at least seven others in Dealy Plaza with home-movie cameras—F. M. Bell, Charles Bronson (not the actor), Robert J. Hughes, Martin, Charles Mentesana, Mary Muchmore, and Orville Nix. Nix and Muchmore include the fatal shot, and Hughes shows the 6th-floor window of the book depository open but empty.[3]