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One of the most important films of the
John F. Kennedy murder was an 8mm color movie taken by Abraham
Zapruder. Zapruder stood mid-way between the depository and the
underpass and
filmed the Presidential limousine continuously from the time
it turned the corner of Elm and Houston Streets until it reached the triple
underpass. His original unaltered film recorded what occurred inside the
vehicle.
On the afternoon of November 24, 1963,
two days after the assassination, CBS newsman Dan Rather viewed a copy
of the Zapruder film in Dallas. His report noted Connally,
as he turned to look back at the President, “...exposed his entire shirt
front and chest because his coat was unbuttoned...at that moment a shot very
clearly hit that part of the Governor.” On available copies, only Connally’s
head appears in this sequence.
The original Zapruder film, however,
seems to be unavailable.
Look for these 2
descriptions which are NOT seen on the Zapruder film;
Dan Rather:
1.The car as it makes it's left turn from Houston Street unto Elm
Street is NOT seen on Zapruder's film even though it's described in Rather's
report.
2. Governor Connolly “turned in such a way to expose his
entire shirt front and chest. At that moment, a shot very clearly hit the
front of the Governor”. We DO NOT see this, we only see from Connolly's
shoulders up.
Abraham Zapruder:
1. Talks about filming the car turning left from Houston onto Elm,
but we DO NOT see that on the film.
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