Freemasons and the Illuminated from the local Lodge often like to let me know theyre keeping an eye on me. Steve Williams, you say that you can see Zapruder point his camera down in the Nix film?, but Zapruder film doesnt stray from its line of site?, then you say none of the films have been altered? The film wasnt altered. Remember, the only reason you know about the existence of a possible second shooter is because of Jean Hill. So here is Tink, Morris says, taking us back to Thompsons Life magazine days, hunkered down over the Zapruder film looking at it frame by frame by frame. Somewhere on that wall of fine presenters is my mug, but Im not telling you which one. First the original version of the Zapruder film and then, in the words of the YouTube voice-over, a replay of the standard format versionin slow-motion. Next, a version in which the images between the sprocket holes can only be seen on the original film. And then another version, a replay with the images between the sprocket holes, this time in slow-motion., Its a much, so much, more an innocent time than ours, Morris says. Just look at Bush. Its a process that is still going on, monitored by former Washington Post reporter Jefferson Morley on his website JFKfacts.org. Kids, this is before digital technology. As I say to Tink, in my film, it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, Morris says in a wry Mister Rogers imitation. Another thing we know is that we may never learn. I found that the letters spelled out "KODACHROME II" and "SAFETY FILM". Upon closer examination Comparing the Zapruder and Nix films > JFK Facts He seemingly believes that, Morris says. sprocket hole area at regular intervals. So, take note of her sprint towards the grassy knoll. In other words, multiple takes. This is probably a good place to remind everyone that I love my family, am not on psychotropic drugs, and have never once thought about committing suicide. I like to play hard to get, and so, you will have to try your best and find me. Even President James Buchanan would have a larger turnout. ZAPRUDER'S TRAGIC VIEW - Hartford Courant All you little JFK researchers lack basic common sense and spread a lot of misinfo with your ignorance. President Kennedy does not enter the stage for the first third of the picture, and it is there were we encounter a serious problem. This is also the precise moment when Jean is said to have looked into the direction of the Texas School Book Depository and saw Jack Ruby making his getaway. So, let us begin. George H.W. All frames of the film are accounted for at the National Archives. The only reason we consider it as such is because spook communities and the media tell us it is. And more than anything, they want to be fooled by it. The limos turn onto Elm isnt in the film because Zapruder stopped filming until the limo came into his view. Others, notably David Josephs think the time might be 15 seconds. As to the informative Carol Hewitt article, Silencers, Sniper Rifles & the CIA, she states, [m]anipulating the sound of a gun shot can be accomplished in varying degrees through the use of sub-sonic ammunition, suppressors, and silencers. Having considerable experience with all of the above, I believe the term silencer is but another common but misleadingly inaccurate term for a suppressor, rather than a separate category of sound reduction device. Vaseline, perhaps? I may throw her in when you least suspect it. I cannot figure. I ask Morris about my theory of grief underlying the obsession with the assassinationthat we underestimate the shock of it. Bruglioni thought there was more frames showing the awful blood spatter after Frame 313. Timberwolf had a hand in the illusion. So significant, so powerful, so disturbing that for years Zapruder himself did not want it to be shown. Doug Horne has chosen to ignore the detailed, technical analysis of the Z-film conducted by his former friend, Kodak 8mm film expert Rollie Zavada, in the mid-1990s. As Errol Morris puts it, quoting someone he identifies with typical obscure erudition as the last living inhabitant of the utopian community of Zoar in Ohio who said on her deathbed, Think about it, All those religions. Frame 486 is the last frame of the film. We see three police motorcycles round the corner from North Houston to Elm Street and then quite suddenly the Presidents Lincoln convertible appears out of nowhere. *Note 2: Frame 212 is a splice also. There are no frames missing from the Zapruder film. The more probable explanation is that Kennedy never received a head wound to begin with. You do not have permission to delete messages in this group, Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, A new theory that determines how many Zapruder frames were deleted from the. Autopsy photos clearly show that the Presidents face was undamaged. Or so we're led to believe. What Does the Zapruder Film Really Tell Us? - Smithsonian Magazine The answer is: they wouldnt. 48. Can we even have the certainty that all is uncertainty? I ask. It was right up there. Only slightly. The cutting of breaks sounds like the plot line to an episode of Superman, whereas George Reeves, who ironically died of mysterious causes, needs to save Jimmy Olsen from driving off a winding mountain cliff-side. And what better place to peer over ones shoulder, once the curb had filled with too many bystanders to number, than the grassy knoll? Dallas saw a high of 70F that day. They have come to see the president and there is no enthusiasm whatsoever. I could care less about his Zionist or Langley ties at this point. Im curious, the Zapruder film indicates no slow down of the limo by the fence. This is a problem because Zapruders 8 mm Bell & Howell displayed no fade in exposure while it slowed down and then started back up again. Enjoy the performance until the lights go down and its your cue to die, that sort of thing. When he continued filming, frame 133 already shows the presidential motorcade in view. The odyssey of that small rectangle of sprocket-pocked celluloid is fascinating. The only thing more obvious in the Kennedy hoax would be a nod to Fords Theater. Can anyone comment or point me in the right direction to learn more. A new theory that determines how many Zapruder frames were deleted from the original Zapruder film during that day November 24, 1963 per the alteration discovered by Douglas Horne. Regarding the Military Armament Corporations chart muzzle blast spread from a suppressed weapon, I interpret that to mean that the two black shooters are only deceptively *perceived*, rather than real, shooters with the single real shooter being the one in the bottom Area of Certain Location. Am I reading this wrong? It looks like they were attempting to fit a square . Its almost as if the brain exploding is like what it does metaphorically to our mind-set, our worldview., It goes to a kind of simpler version of America, Morris says. I believe this pattern proves the How a fat man could make it down six flights of stairs after making his kill shot within the span of a few seconds is beyond me. 155 and the bottom 2/3 is frame 157. The sun is shining. Cookie Policy This is the precise moment when Kennedys head explodes like a firecracker. There are a Total of 9 frames missing I figure its their way of reminding me that my special interests are nobodys business but their own. An analysis of the photo pins the running woman as somewhere in the range of 7 feet tall. The future Director of the CIA made Kennedy go away. It's been called the most important 26 seconds of film in history: The 486 frames of 8-millimeter Bell + Howell home movie footage shot in the midday sun of Dallas on November 22, 1963, by a. And yet, theres no apparent fade out as is often customary when releasing or pressing the shutter button of the camera. The Zapruder film serves as a clock, Morris points out. All credit goes to John P. Costella. Assassination, A Visual Investigation" Thompson concluded that Oswald wouldnt have had the time to get off all three shots himself andafter working with Lifes copy of the Zapruder filmhe published his findings in Six Seconds in Dallas, one of the first strictly forensic books critical of the Warren Commission, a book even Bugliosi speaks respectfully of, though he disagrees with it. That is, unless you want to take scissors to the reel and make an edit. There is unlikely a person alive who cannot remember where they were on November 22, 1963. Different perspectives can make the same thing seem different. We shall return to that thought in a moment. But after the release of the Warren Commission report, Thompson turned his incisive intellect to the question of ballistics and its relation to the Zapruder film. An instant later, in Frame 313, it looks like a lightning bolt strikes JFKs head. Morris prefers to think of it in terms of the philosophical issues about the possibility, or impossibility, of knowledge, the issues raised by Tink Thompson in his book about Kierkegaard, The Lonely Labyrinth. Whats so funny, Mr. President? A Secret Service agent told her after the attack that another agent, watching from the courthouse, saw a bullet strike at my feet. Mm-hmm, Jean. Clint Hill saw this and helped her in retrieving it. It is one of the very reasons I closed my Facebook account in April of 2020. If I understand correctly, Doug Horne (and Peter Janney?) That instant is one we can all now watch on YouTube. The frame that gave Abraham Zapruder nightmares, the frame he insisted be withheld from the publica single frame of film that can be said to have changed American history and culture. After adding in frame 341 & 350 and assuming "18 FPS [illegible] than it should have 'been run.' . People should study not JFK assassination but the idiots who have been writing nonsensical books and articles about it for 50 years. The real world is not indeterminate. Once Zen and company release the official schedule I plan on scheduling a TUC meetup. Is it something specific to the JFK case or is it true more generally about knowability? Now, lets turn back to the Newman family and another Frank Cancellare original. How long do you suppose the Newmans remained ducking for cover while the media stood around photographing themand just as importantly, why? And we can never know that we can never learn it. Zapruder would blur his film at frame 331, 1/6th of a second after the bullets impact. Frames 208 through 212 are damaged or missing in the film strip in the National Archives. For some reason perhaps to sell his book, perhaps? Its been called the most important 26 seconds of film in history: The 486 frames of 8-millimeter Bell + Howell home movie footage shot in the midday sun of Dallas on November 22, 1963, by a dressmaker named Abraham Zapruder. The distance between the 1st & 2nd is 50 5/8 frames; If we were viewing a Hollywood production, wed have simple explanations for this. Why did nobody else but Zapruder and a handful of witnesses have the same idea? Missing Frames From The Zapruder Film - Rense There is no enthusiasm in the crowd. The shock never wears off. he explains why he believes this & how frame removal would be relatively easy on an optical printer with little or no noticeable 'jump' in background & foreground scenes. The first thing you should notice is that Zapruder abruptly cut filming at frame 132. The Zapruder film gives a much closer view of the action, and of whatever may have landed on the trunk as a result of JFK's 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. I went through the Zapruder film this morning frame-by-frame in slow motion. The strangest part has little to do with her initial backstory and everything to do with the mere fact that she and Mary Moorman are standing in Dealey Plaza almost completely alone. Meanwhile, on Elm Street, we can see cowboys going on a joy ride, and if Im not mistaken, Norma Jean Hill is no longer sitting. Frame 133 is the first frame to showing the presidential limousine, after a camera stop. Randy Owen is incorrect that the small possible difference in frame rates would be significant. Terms of Use Jackie leans over to attend to him. The physical evidence hangs together very well in the scenario presented by Dr Donald Thomas 2014) in Hear no Evil. We arrive now at frame 313. I would agree with that, replies Morris. (1) her hand is off the trunk, and is as high as the drivers side handhold; (2) her right hand extends all the way to the end of the trunk, as far as Clint Hills; (3) her right arm is now parallel to it the trunk. ===== Sean wrote: Let's cut to the chase and let us know which frames in Zapruder were altered, around what date, and by which means-what kind of process. The Umbrella Man himself showed up to give testimony to the House assassinations committee, Morris says. The lovely Rebecca. The Justice Department subsequently asked the National Academy of Sciences to re-examine the Dictabelt evidence and it concluded it was not dispositive, which naturally led to years of debate among forensic acoustic experts. Abraham Zapruder, an unassuming man with an ordinary camera.. Rivqah is nearly 4 months old now, her birthdate being on July 7, and as you can see, she loves standing with assistance. 32 year-old Jean Hill, aka Norma Jean, is dubbed the lady in red in the Zapruder film. The 1963 Zapruder film, taken by Abraham Zapruder, is derived from the six-foot strip of celluloid contained in the U.S. National Archives, scientifically processed. No, this is not proof that George H.W. You would think the other most important film footage of the 20th-century, perhaps all of human history, would be slightly more worth preserving that Archie Bunkers chair, but no. And he reproduced a clip of his appearance before the committee in his Umbrella Man film. The Enduring Power of the Zapruder Film - Texas Monthly Jean was simply keeping to their plot twist. As the motorcade approaches, we see JFKs car emerge from behind a sign that had been temporarily blocking the view. Debris from the headshot can be seen in the film. A grassy knoll, from where some believe a second assassin fired, was out of view to his right. that large tree, and thats where I saw the shot come from.. Where is that line of demarcation between nutso thinking and good thinking?. In this interesting piece for WhoWhatWhy Millicent Cranor addresses the obvious issues: if the Z-film was altered, other photography at the crime scene should contain images not found on the Z-film. This probably has something to do with the fact that he was photographed in front of the Book Depository Building within hours or minutes of Lee Harvey Oswalds arrest, and the thought of an alibi had never occurred to him. The end of a certain kind of innocence that we bought into. Two of those films are stored at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the third is in the Museum's Zapruder Collection. Zapruder made clear Frame 313 gave him nightmares and he didnt want to be the one to inflict them on the rest of America. which have no meaning to me. It makes absolutely no sense that Zapruder would show up to film the Kennedys, stop filming the very moment the lead motorcycles and cars round the corner, only to presume work again. My next step was to measure the distance between For those citing Hornes interview with Brugioni one might do well to listen carefully when Brugioni says that he counted the number of frames. 10X18.3=183 10X18.5=185. The film shows the presidential limousine as it travels west on Elm Street toward the triple underpass. This is very easy to verify. There they are again. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. For nearly 200 frames, some three dozen people on the bottom of the frame, or the north end of Elm Street, remain perfectly motionless. interval such that I could determine if any additional frames were missing. How adorable. All the frames that were removed from Z film were at the beginning so that the head shot is in frame 313 because the numbers 3 and 13 have a huge significance in their rituals. One at the age of 40, the other at the age of 43. (Morris is now 65. JFK Assassination Film: Proof of Tampering? There is an item to his left. 7 missing Zapruder frames - groups.google.com But thats not even the abnormality I want you to focus in upon. JFK Assassination Files Is it possible that Zapruder had to lower his movie camera because Elm Street slopes downward towards the overpass? Which brings us up to today. Zapruder Film Frames : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet We are expected to believe that Zapruder shut his camera off at frame 132 and then started it up again at frame 133, some 30 seconds later, while the crowd remains standing frozen in time, completely motionless. each repeating message. One can measure the time it took for the three assassination shots (one missed) to be firedwhich the Warren Commission concluded was slightly under six secondsand then calculate how long a single shooter would take to shoot, reload, resight, shoot again, reload, resight and shoot again. Still poised in position while LIFE Magazine stands around, capturing their drama for the nation. Bush, code named Timberwolf, was indeed in Dallas on that November day, a fully functioning member of the CIA. This was the metal on metal impact that Hill testified to hearing. comment. And Im going. The loneliest of all labyrinths. time in relation to the sprocket holes. Zapruder film: Jackie only gets as far out on the trunk as seen in frame 375. In case you were wondering, Cosmology is not a couch for me to recline on while you pull out a monocle and a notebook and attempt to assign my pedigree of insanity. Let's say 18 X 15 frames, or 270 frames are missing from the Zapruder Gap. Search the history of over 797 billion Question about the missing frames from the Zapruder film. A new theory that determines how many Zapruder frames were deleted from the original Zapruder film during that day November 24, 1963 per the alteration discovered by Douglas Horne. As of Z-337, he hasnt even touched the limo yet, let alone mount it. Zapruder FAQ | The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza We see it blown up and thrown back. Holland and Rush suggest that the pause could have had great significance for the interpretation of the assassination. The significance of the tape would not become known until 1978. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. that 155, 156 & 208 to 211 were the only missing frames, I measured Required fields are marked *. Top CIA photoanalyst talks about the Zapruder film > JFK Facts Also, as a matter of public policy, I do not respond to shrink questions. His name was Louie Steven Witt and he testified that he brought the umbrella on that sunny day becausewait for ithe wanted to express his displeasure with JFKs father, Joseph Kennedy. And then Cox goes further: He suggests that the man who testified to the House Select Committee on Assassinations was up to something, perhaps sent to deceive the committee. Zapruder by all accounts was haunted by Frame 313. On 13 February 1969 Zapruder said that he could not tell if frames were miss-ing from his film nor could he vouch for the film's chain of custody. Around Z376 I would suggest, or very shortly after that. I believe this case was solved by Doug Horne several years ago and to continue to churn these stories over and over again is counterproductive. If correct, many more than 7 frames were excised from the film. On February 13, 1969 Zapruder said that he could not tell if frames Were missing from his film nor could he vouch for the film's chain of The Zapruder film disagrees with all other evidence. is frame 208 and the bottom portion is 212. He was not, he emphasizes, trying to solve the JFK assassination or take on any of its larger questionshe just wanted to nail down one little factoid, which had metastasized into a full-blown conspiracy theory of its own, complete with secret KGB-type weaponized rain gear. I dont know, I say, It sure looks like a shot from the front., The voice-over continues relentlessly: This version tracks the limousine and maintains President Kennedy at center frame. Its not like Zapruder was facing in the direction of the Book Depository Building or the grassy knoll, suspected location of the first and second shooters. WhoWhatWhy. The problem is not about the nature of reality. Frame 313. The curb looks to be a good 12 inches higher than the street. Plain and simple. James Norwood, a retired professor of Humanities, University of Minnesota, was perhaps the first to point out what seems to be a definitive discrepancy: In the Zapruder film of the assassination, Jackie goes only just beyond the middle of the trunk before retreating. The president in an open motorcade., Each time we get to Frame 313, I groan. Sarah and I are in our 40s, have been married for over 20 years, and never thought we could have any more children. We see the black Lincoln Continental with JFK and his wife, Jackie, in a pink skirt-and-jacket suit. This amounts to a running time of precisely 28 seconds. The first thing you should notice is that Zapruder abruptly cut filming at frame 132. IN my last newsletter I made mention of Rebecca L. Gould without ever giving a photo reveal. Such a leap would not go unnoticed. Zapruder Frame 313: The JFK Assassination | 100 Photos | TIME Its DINO Brugioni, and much of the interview is Horne interjecting his false interpretations. It truly was the end of the 50s. The Zapruder film was heavily doctored, post-production. Certainly not too hot. Ron Rosenbaum is the author of seven books of nonfiction, including The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups, and How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III. Modern tech creates clearest view yet of JFK assassination [VIDEO] The infamous image would remain withheld from all public releases of the film until 1975, when it was finally shown for the first time on reporter Geraldo Riveras television show, Good Night America. I had asked you to take note of the fact that Jean Hill insisted until her dying day that she stepped out into the street while the Lincoln convertible passed. Sorry, whatever he has to show us is a no go. Privacy Statement Agent Zapruder. I can only assume somebody wanted to record the Super Bowl, and it was either that or Wernher von Brauns wedding video. The Zapruder film was nothing more or less than a magical ceremony. And the Umbrella Man became an icon of conspiracy theorists? I ask.