17 Facts About Zapruder film

1.

Zapruder film filmed from the time the presidential limousine turned onto Elm Street for a total of 26.

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2.

Zapruder film gave two of the copies to Sorrels and they were sent to Washington.

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3.

The original film was retained by Zapruder, in addition to one of the copies.

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4.

Zapruder film tried negotiating with Life for the rights to print important individual frames in his book Six Seconds in Dallas.

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5.

Garrison allowed copies of the Zapruder film to be made and these low quality copies began circulating among assassination researchers and were known to many journalists as well.

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6.

Zapruder's film was aired as part of a Los Angeles area television newscast on February 14,1969.

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7.

The Zapruder film was automatically designated an "assassination record" and therefore became the official property of the United States government.

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8.

The ARRB re-affirmed that the Zapruder film was an "assassination record" within the JFK Act's meaning and directed it to be transferred on August 1,1998 from its present-day location in NARA's film collection to the John F Kennedy Assassination Records Collection maintained by NARA.

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9.

In December 1999, the Zapruder family donated the film's copyright to the Sixth Floor Museum, in the Texas School Book Depository building at Dealey Plaza, along with one of the first-generation copies made on November 22,1963 and other copies of the film and frame enlargements once held by Life magazine, which had since been returned.

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10.

Each object that appears during the Zapruder film has its starting position equal to where it appears first in its frames.

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11.

Between November 1963 and January 1964, the FBI examined a copy of the Zapruder film, noting that the camera recorded at an average of 18.

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12.

View that the Zapruder film captured the shooting from beginning to end view was challenged by Max Holland, author of The Kennedy Assassination Tapes, and professional photographer Johann Rush in a joint editorial piece published by The New York Times on November 22,2007.

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13.

Holland and Rush have pointed out that Zapruder temporarily stopped filming at around frame 132, when only police motorcycles were visible.

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14.

Holland and Rush argue that the break in the Zapruder film might conceal a first shot earlier than analysts have hitherto assumed, and point out that in this case a horizontal traffic mast would temporarily have obstructed Oswald's view of his target.

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15.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza denies that the Zapruder film has been altered, or that any of the frames are missing from the film.

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16.

In 1994, the Zapruder film footage was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for permanent preservation in the National Film Registry.

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17.

Abraham Zapruder film is sometimes presented as a forefather of all citizen journalists.

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