With the advent of digital technology in the early 1990s, it now became possible to digitally restore the zapruder film. Zapruder film after doing the bold thing and adding italics to the title please reverse and discuss if opposed, and the italics can be part of this discussion, and checking around for usage, it seems the zapruder film is listed on imbd, is one of the films preserved in the u. A french photo journalist who saw the film on several occasions does refer to it as an unedited version of the z film fwiw. Abraham zapruder film the sixth floor museum at dealey. The enduring power of the zapruder film texas monthly. Alongside zapruders and other films, his footage became a key piece of evidence. Though its not as clear or as long as zapruder, its recorded from the other side, showing the grassy knoll and a groundlevel view of the assassination. Most people vaguely know about the zapruder film, but it will soon become omnipresent as the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. The z film appears amateurish to me and unrealistic in the sense that it seems like an animated cartoon. Onair segment of dan rather on november 25, 1963, describing the zapruder film of president kennedys assassination. The zapruder film jfk 67 movie clip 1991 hd youtube. The zapruder film is most probably an intact and authentic 8mm motion picture sequence. The 26second zapruder film of kennedys assassination marked the predawn of the viral video age ordinary citizens with cameras documenting extraordinary events. The fabled french other version of the famous zapruder film has finally surfaced.
Patrick on the first episode of 2019 to discuss the debate over zapruder film alteration. Yet as zapruder filmed, one bullet struck kennedy in the back, and as the presidents car passed in front of zapruder, a second one hit him in the head. The other zapruder film jfk assassination debate the. The film is a mirror image of the zapruder film from the other side of dealey plaza, farris rookstool iii, a former fbi analyst in dallas, told the. National film registry, and regularly capitalized in search engine results. For example, in one plot line of the zapruder film, the president of the united states is shot in the head, but in the british version of the office, every. This other film allegedly holds information that, in my opinion, would settle the case for a conspiracy once and for all. Now we are told that there is yet another film in existence. The picture on the right is a closeup of the aperture plate published in the zavada report which was released by the national archives on november 9, 1998. In the zapruder film of the assassination, jackie goes only just beyond the middle. It has been called the most important 26 seconds of film ever recorded, when a dallas dressmaker captured the 1963 assassination of. This other film is supposed to contain several elements that are not present on the familiar version. The true story behind the zapruder film of the kennedy.
The picture below a still from the nix film shows abraham zapruder directly across from nix, standing on an abutment. This copy of the film was made before life magazine damaged frames in their copy. Abraham zapruder may 15, 1905 august 30, 1970 was a ukrainianborn american clothing manufacturer who witnessed the assassination of united states president. The idea that abraham zapruder stood awkwardly on a pedestal in dealey plaza with his movie camera and created a film of the jfk assassination is pure fiction. Zavada is the premiere kodak authority on 8 mm film. The difference i notice most is that you can see the forward motion of kennedys head right before the fatal head shot. On november 22, 1963, abraham zapruder shot what has become the most famous home movie of all time. Unexpectedly, it ended up capturing the presidents assassination. The other zapruder film black op radio 22609 richard j.
Dellarosa, 62, of valrico passed away on monday, march 8, 2010. In 1998, mpi productions released an image of an assassination as a formidable research tool. The zapruder film now on bluray abraham zapruder was born on may 15, 1905 in kowel, poland, russian empire. The other film seemed to be professionally done with great color rendition and smooth panning. Additionally, i am unsure as to whether zapruder shot the film attributed to him. The zapruder film has been upgraded and reveals quite a bit of neverbeenabletosee footage of what will remain one of americas 8mm footage from a home camera. While the zapruder film is the only film known to exist showing all of the shooting, three other home movies show part of the assassination, and as many as five still photographers took at least one picture while shots were fired. But rogers and several other colleagues at jennifer juniors, the dallas knockoffdressmaking business that zapruder owned, convinced him it would be a shame to miss the opportunity to film the. Much has been said about the authenticity of the zapruder film. The other jfk assassination footage, stabilized boing. The zapruder shock and other doubts raised about the underside of recent american history such as watergate helped impel the creation in 1976 of the senates church.
Sharpeyed viewers will notice the key differences in many of the storylines these two shows contain. This is an experimental short of the last seconds shot in real time from multiple perspectives of the death of jfk. All of the home movies of the jfk assassination or its immediate aftermath known to exist and available on the web, apart from abraham zapruders famous one. Kennedy s motorcade passed through dealey plaza in dallas, texas, on november 22, 1963. Abe zapruder had no idea when he took his 8millimeter camera down to dealey plaza on november 22, 1963 that he would record president kennedys assassination. Others have looked at this so called crude artwork and have found it is completely consistent with other shadows in the zapruder film that are not suspected of alteration. The moving, untold family story behind abraham zapruders film footage of the kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. The nix film is the betamax of jfk assassination movies. The zapruder film seems to show the front of jfks head being blasted open by a shot. At frame 3, the zapruder film shows a spray of blood as.
The other day i was trying to make sense of some strange. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over. A new french version of the zapruder film has surfaced, said to be unaltered. Personally, i do not believe the film is in any way a version of the zapruder film. It has been called the most important 26 seconds of film ever recorded. According to the warren commission report, which reproduced 158 frames of the zapruder film in black and white, a series of frames were. Zapruder later revealed having nightmares about exploitation theaters showing the film for a quick buck. One of the more farfetched arguments for alteration is the discrepancy between the existing zapruder film and an alternative version, which a handful of assassination researchers claim to have seen. Abraham zapruder didnt know when he ran home to grab his video camera on november 22, 1963 that this single spontaneous decision would change his familys life for generations to come. A french photo journalist who saw the film on several occasions does refer to it.
It has been pored over every which way, in hopes of finding the. This unedited stabilized crystal clear version of the zapruder film is different than the film commonly seen by the american public. In the early parts of the zapruder film, there were a number of reactions that were happening around the same time, circa the z140s. Mwn episode 107 douglas horne on the zapruder film. The suspense is in the edit and the significant characters that. You really see his head flexing forward before the big blowout.
Dino brugioni was an expert at the interpretation of high altitude surveillance images, not 8 or 16 mm motion pictures, and while i believe he is sincere, his 50 year old. Rich della rosa describes what he saw in the other. In it contained the clearest reproduction of the zapruder film ever seen by the world public. Researchers like stewart galanor, who were lucky enough to see the film in the 1960s at a private screening in the u. Information appearing in the film corresponds with common segments of other amateur films taken in dealey plaza during the assassination event, as well as.
Rich della rosa describes what he saw in the other zapruder film. Feinberg, wrote in their majority decision that the film made by mr. Click here to open a new tab for a closeup look at early film reactions. Except for the damaged areas, the two versions are identical. A few frames later, the zapruder film shows the other passengers in the limousine, including the presidents wife jackie kennedy, attempting to comfort the president and the governor. Altering the zapruder film david healy editors note. The zapruder film which is in the public domain today was created by splicing film from multiple cameras together and editing the film in many, many ways. Life correspondent richard stolley bought the film the following day, and the magazine ran 31 of the 486. It has been described as showing the limo making a wide turn from houston st. Warning thread the real zapruder film of jfk assassination graphic might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. Image of an assassination a new look at the zapruder film. There has been much recent discussion and debate about the authenticity of the zapruder film of the assassination of president john f. Several people, including the late rich dellarossa, have claimed to have seen an unaltered, unedited version of the zapruder film that is. Jfk assassination films other than zapruders youtube.
The zapruder shock and other doubts raised about the underside of recent american history such as watergate helped impel the creation in 1976 of the senates church committee named after sen. Lawsuit seeks return of missing jfk assassination footage the. Other than this discrepancy with the reports from multiple medical staff about this one item, i can wholeheartedly recommend this book as a great chronicle of a fascinating journey. A dallas dressmaker captured the 1963 assassination of president.
The first to hear the news in saigon, where he was stationed with the us army military assistance advisory group, david healy has spent more than 30 years in video and film production and postproduction. Kennedys and king alexandra zapruder, twentysix seconds. The zapruder film a 26second home video by abraham zapruder is the clearest recording available of the moment mr. National archives, believed that this proved that jfk was killed by a shot coming from in front of him and to his right from the.