To be honest, its an issue i try to keep away from. Jun 15, 2014 an interview done by len osanic with the author and researcher doug horne concerning alterations in the zapruder film. The witness of dino brugioni, who saw the original film, confirms in spades that our conclusion of a frontal headshot was right on target. And all authors works need to be carefully scrutinzed, so that the duping of the public with their the zapruder film is altered. It has been described as showing the limo making a wide turn from houston st. Jfk facts top cia photoanalyst talks about the zapruder film. On the one hand, we have jim fetzer and his ilk vehemently arguing that beyond a doubt, the zapruder film has been altered. Was the zapruder film altered by the cia in the days after the jfk assassination to hide evidence of a conspiracy. One can measure the time it took for the three assassination shots one missed to be. This page was created by marc carlson it was last edited 15 may 2017. Wrone lawrence, university press of kansas, 2003 251 pp. The other film seemed to be professionally done with great color rendition and smooth panning. What was thought to be a pistol was actually the top of a passengers head.
Legendary cia photo interpreter dino brugioni thinks it was. Jan 07, 2019 you stated that you believe a forward snap of jfks head was removed from the zapruder film z. The fabled french other version of the famous zapruder film has finally surfaced. According to the warren commission, the nix film is nearly as important as the zapruder film, yet the public is mainly unaware of its significance, the lawsuit filed in u. Just look how much she can move her hand between two adjacent frames in zapruder film. It also appears that the alteration occurred at a classified cia laboratory run for the agency by kodak in rochester, new york, at kodaks main. Dec 11, 2015 author max holland presents his research into the john f. The famous zapruder film which captured the horror of an american president being murdered by a cabal of wall street plutocrats has been the subject of much controversy regarding its integrity. Zapruders jfk assassination footage altered by nefarious.
Zapruder film shows jfks driver firing fatal head shot. Frame by frame breakdown of the zapruder film with some various theories that have been presented. The zapruder film proves that the warren commission was wrong. But i have a great deal of respect for doug horne for his excellent work for the arrb.
Signposts pointing to the film s alteration, by douglas p. The interview is part of the museums wfaatv collection. Moormans photograph contradicts the zapruder film and shows that we have been seeing altered copies of that film. She would literally have to be in 2 places at the same time for this to be. In order to maintain the claim that the zapruder film was altered to hide the stop of the car, you do in fact claim that that the other films were altered too. You stated that you believe a forward snap of jfks head was removed from the zapruder film z. Mantik, a medical researcher, as the world authority on the zapruder film. Doug hornes groundbreaking interview with cia photo analyst dino brugioni convinced me it was possible the film was altered en route. Personally, i do not believe the film is in any way a version of the zapruder film. At the very least, this proves that the zapruder film was definitely altered, and that can no longer be denied. Before looking at stills from these rather fuzzy films, you may want to see a good clear picture of the trunk. The z film appears amateurish to me and unrealistic in the sense that it seems like an animated cartoon. M ost americans dont know anything about the two significant events involving the famous zapruder film of president kennedys assassination that took place backtoback, on successive nights, at the cias national photographic interpretation center npicin washington, d.
The film shows president kennedy and his motorcade in dealey plaza in downtown dallas as shots are being. Unaltered zapruder film jfk assassination debate the. This unedited stabilized crystal clear version of the zapruder film is different than the film commonly seen by the american public. A 3d lighting and shadow analysis of the jfk zapruder film. Aug 22, 2018 on november 22, 1963, abraham zapruder shot what has become the most famous home movie of all time. Documentary filmmaker errol morris deconstructs the most famous 26 seconds in film history one frame of the zapruder film.
Jfk evolves further, now theres a famous french 2nd zapruder film that shows different details and the one youve all watched was altered in the 60s by the cia. Mwn episode 107 douglas horne on the zapruder film. The zapruder film seems to show the front of jfks head being blasted open by a shot. Dan rather discusses the zapruder film emmytvlegends. Zapruder faq the sixth floor museum at dealey plazathe sixth. Brief overview of zapruder alteration argument shackelford. In other words, since other films and photos seem to show similar events in dealey plaza, the zapruder film must then be genuine. The interviewer, seated on the left, is wfaatv program director jay watson. On november 22, 1963, abraham zapruder shot what has become the most famous home movie of all time. The other zapruder film jfk assassination debate the. Amateur films by abraham zapruder and orville nix do not agree with each. There have been many people who have claimed to have seen an unaltered complete filming of the assassination. While still frames from the zapruder s 8mm footage had been published in november 1963 in life which had purchased the rights to the film, the footage itself did not receive a wide viewing until 1975, when it was shown on the good night america television program.
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. Was the technology,and operators available to do it. Mathematical proof that the zapruder film was altered richard charnin feb. Jul 17, 2018 the frame in nix film does not align with any frame of zapruder film is because the films are not in synch, on different time frame. Because the zapruder film is only 27 seconds long, less than 500 photos needed to. The zapruder film serves as a clock, morris points out. May 15, 2017 frame by frame breakdown of the zapruder film with some various theories that have been presented. The z film was purchased by life magazine and hidden away for decades. Why do so many in the jfk research community resist the mounting evidence that the zapruder film is an altered film.
For the impatient, the money quote and conclusion is. Apr 11, 20 so yes, we erred in our original conclusion about the virginity of the zapruder film, but we were correct that even the altered film showed a frontal shot. These legitimate questions are complicated and cannot be adequately addressed within space limitations here. Lawsuit seeks return of missing jfk assassination footage. The desire of some commentators to see a conspiracy everywhere they look has led to the implausible theory that the zapruder film was altered to cover up evidence of conspiracy, despite the fact that the film actually contains plenty of such evidence. Also, here is the longer version in which jim marrs interviews the young frenchman who found it. One frame is about 50 milliseconds and jackies hand could do a significant movement in 50 milliseconds. The most important part of the book is wrones framebyframe analysis of the film. The film brought to npic from hawkeyeworks by bill smith was created there, but it was not just developed it was a recreation of the zapruder film after its alteration at that facility, intended to masquerade as an original outofcamera, unslit 16 mm. Any photograph or film could have contained clear evidence that the zapruder film had been altered, but no unambiguous examples of inconsistencies have yet. Jfk evolves further, now theres a famous french 2nd. Im posting this sample image it has considerable detail, its. If the zapruder film was altered, why does it still contain images indicating conspiracy.
Jul 12, 2018 the zapruder film gives a much closer view of the action, and of whatever may have landed on the trunk as a result of jfks devastating wound which might suggest a shot from the front a possibility that would raise serious questions about the official narrative of the assassination, that jfk was shot from behind. Zavada was world%27s leading expert on 8mm kodachrome ii film. From americas greatest living poet, a lowkey rumination on the meaning of november 22, 1963. I do not include here, in this question, those who have written books defending the zapruder film s authenticity. Oliver stone, explains the basics of the altered now zapruder film 50 years on 221120 blue ray which i will get. That person was a 58year old dallas dress manufacturer, abraham zapruder, who died in 1970. Life correspondent richard stolley bought the film the following day, and the magazine ran 31 of the 486 frameswhich meant that the first public viewing of zapruder s famous film was as a series of still images. This transcript is taken from videotape of the live broadcast seen nationwide on abc on november 22, 1963. While still frames from the zapruders 8mm footage had been published in november 1963 in life which had purchased the rights to the film, the footage itself did not receive a wide viewing until 1975, when it was shown on the good night america television program. Dylan joins robert kennedy, jackie kennedy, lyndon. Max holland the zapruder film reconsidered youtube. In this film, brugioni speaks for the first time about his examination of the film at the. Conspiracy theorist continue to criticize zavada%27s work. In this film, brugioni speaks for the first time about his examination of the film at the cias national photographic interpretation center on the saturday evening after.
However, it is the films jerky quality which provides the real motivation for the theory. The film is a mirror image of the zapruder film from the other side of dealey plaza. Mary moormans photographic field of view shows her to be in one place while the zapruder film has her in another place several feet away. Regardless of the final resolution of that debate, it. Zapruder faq the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza. Oct 20, 2012 the films long residency in the vault of life magazine provides the background for the conspiracy theories and we do not use the term pejoratively that the film was altered. He unveiled a sevenpart video overview of the assassination. Still of the abraham zapruder film shot off tv in the home of roland. His research into the handling of the film is very careful and dino brugioni is. If somebody had altered the film, zavada said last week, they had to do. One very vocal member of the antialteration camp uses this argument to prove that the zapruder film could not have been altered. Any photograph or film could have contained clear evidence that the zapruder film had been altered, but no unambiguous examples of inconsistencies have yet been demonstrated. The doctored version removed critical frames and fudged other frames of the zapruder film. Horne most americans dont know anything about the two significant events involving the famous zapruder film of president kennedys assassination that took place backtoback, on successive nights, at the cias national photographic interpretation.
Zapruder film of the kennedy assassination preceding unsigned comment added by 24. Nov 21, 20 harrison livingstones book, the hoax of the century. I was informed that i may have offended some folks by stating my opinion on the zapruder film alteration theories as hogwash. The film feels wrong to him, which has led him to consider the question of whether. He concluded the film was an %27in camera original%27 and had not been altered.
In the zapruder film of the assassination, jackie goes only just beyond the. There are no obvious contradictions between the zapruder film and the rest of the photographic evidence, including the three other home movies that depict the shooting. Fetzer was leading the charge of those advocating that the zapruder film had been altered. As burgini exclaims throughout the interview, neither group was aware of the other groups activity that weekend, nor were they intended to be. Zapruder interview transcript the sixth floor museum at. 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. He uses other pieces of photography to verify what is seen on the zapruder film. Whether it was filmed by zapruder or is a completely different film ill still refer to it in this thread as an unaltered zapruder film or uz for short. Altering the zapruder film david healy editors note. When we contemplate the possibility the zapruder film was altered, we tend to think first of the type of alteration accomplished by replacing authentic frames with forged or composite frames. An interview done by len osanic with the author and researcher doug horne concerning alterations in the zapruder film. December 3, 2015 at hunter colleges roosevelt house public. Since overwhelming evidence exists that the outofcamera zapruder film was developed in dallas on november 22, 1963 and not in rochester, new york on november 24, 1963 the clear implication of the homer mcmahon testimony at the present time is that an altered zapruder film may have been created at hawkeye works. Lifton, fetzer, white, mantik, schaeffer and twyman and others need to move on to other subjects to research.
The zapruder film presents an illusion and it is optical, but maybe not the kind of illusion you mean. However, lifton would have to wait nearly a quarter of a century for scientists to prove that he was right. Before looking at stills from these rather fuzzy films, you may want to see a. Kennedys motorcade passed through dealey plaza in dallas, texas, on november 22, 1963. Illusion of the zapruder film the zapruder film was altered, removing images showing the trajectory of splatter in the frame 3 and the po. The driver did it theory started with a poorquality copy of the zapruder film in which the image was very unclear. For any of it to be altered in this way, the whole film must be created. One of the ongoing debates amongst jfk conspiracy advocates is the question of whether or not the famous abraham zapruder film has been altered.
In the second, npic work crew mcmahons also made briefing boards, the very next night, using enlargements of frames from an altered zapruder film, masquerading as the camera original. He concludes that at least two shooters were responsible for kennedys death, that oswald was likely not one of them, and that there were more than three shots fired. Ok so how many of you remember a famous french 2nd zapruder film from 2012 that was not doctored because now they are saying the first one has long been known to have been doctored. Ive always been skeptical of the theory abraham zapruder s home movie of jfks assassination has been altered. Jfk assassination, frame 3 100 photographs the most. I believe that douglas horne has proven that the z film was altered. To the extent that all these films were altered to conceal the limousine coming to a full stop. Researchers like stewart galanor, who were lucky enough to see the film in the 1960s at a private screening in the u. It was scientifically proven that zapruder s film could not be just changed a little bit. Has the zapruder film been altered to hide evidence of a conspiracy. Ive always been skeptical of the theory abraham zapruders home movie of jfks assassination has been altered. In a thousandword footnote in his 1980 book, best evidence, he argued that this tells us that the zapruder film has been substantially altered, if not completely forged. The most famous film of the jfk assassination was shot by abraham zapruder while standing at the pergola near the grassy knoll. Lawsuit seeks return of missing jfk assassination footage the.
Decoding the forgery of the zapruder film doubles down on the authors contention that the footage was altered, edited after the fact to. It now appears that the zapruder film of the kennedy assassination in the national archives is likely an altered filmnot an out of camera original, as most people assumed for well over 30 years. Roland zavada never imagined that he would become a figure in the conspiracy theories that surround the assassination. Brugioni then stated the zapruder film in the national archives today, and available to the public, specifically frame 3, is an altered version of the film he saw and worked with on november 2324, the earlier of the two versions handled by the npic. But a film can also be altered by excisionby simply deleting frames which are not replaced. In the zapruder film of the assassination, jackie goes only just beyond the middle of the trunk before retreating. The fake film was made by cutting and pasting real photos and film frames together to make new frames. Nov 24, 2015 lawsuit seeks return of missing jfk assassination footage. Kennedy was killed in dallas by lee harvey oswald, who acted alone. It was scientifically proven that zapruders film could not be just changed a little bit. After years of lawsuits, zapruder finally forced the fbi to return his film, but what they gave him back was severely altered.
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