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Abraham Zapruder

Witness to the Kennedy assassination (1905-1970)

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Dec 7, 2025
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Who was Abraham Zapruder and what did his film show about the driver’s actions?

Abraham Zapruder was a Dallas dress manufacturer who filmed President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963, capturing the only known complete movie of the shooting — a 26‑second, 486‑frame 8mm...

Nov 18, 2025
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How reliable are the forensic, ballistics, and acoustic analyses used to determine the number of shooters in the Zapruder film era?

Forensic analyses of the Zapruder-era evidence — photographic/film analysis, wound and ballistic interpretation, and acoustic studies of Dallas police recordings — have produced competing conclusions:...

Feb 4, 2026

Where are the Zapruder, Muchmore and Nix films held today and how can scholars access cataloged copies?

of the assassination—, , and —survive today in institutional hands: copies and rights to the Zapruder film are held by (which holds the family’s donated copyright and first‑generation materials), the ...

Feb 4, 2026

What is known about the Nix film and other amateur footage of the JFK assassination and their availability to researchers?

’s 8mm home movie is a lesser-known but consequential piece of amateur footage from that uniquely shows the grassy knoll during the fatal moments of the assassination and has been circulated in imperf...