Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Panamint The most significant fact is that this film does not show anyone actually shooting. It only shows impacts of bullets after they are fired. So you only get half the story of the Kennedy assassination, if that much.In fact, there are no films or photographs of anyone in the act of firing a gun in Dealy Plaza that day.The Zapruder film also does not show any alleged shooters fleeing the area.Actually the Zapruder film completely misses one man getting shot there, a bystander named Tague. Neither shooter nor shot impact are shown on Zapruder film for Tague, who represents 1/3 of the total number of persons shot in Dealy Plaza.It also does not show an impact on a cement curb, which was chipped by a bullet according to police.The only gun shown is a large gun being lifted off the floor of the Secret Service car by an agent, who never used it. I think you get to see a brief glimpse of this one unused weapon, but that's all you get gun-wise.Immediately after the shooting, the police raced to the alleged room where the shooter was and found: nobody.

ackstasis It's the magic of the motion picture. Film has given us the ability to enjoy the memorable performances of actors and actresses long gone, to experience the culture of another era and, indeed, to relive pivotal moments in history over and over again, whether we wish to or not. The assassination of US President John F. Kennedy at 12:30 PM (Central Standard Time) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas was a horrific moment in American history. For decades, endless debate has raged over the true circumstances of his death, spawning countless conspiracy theories and accusations of a CIA cover-up.There are films and still photographs taken by at least fourteen photographers in Dealey Plaza during the assassination. Of these, the footage recorded by private citizen Abraham Zapruder is the most complete visual recording of the incident. I'm not one to subscribe to these often-ridiculous conspiracy theories, so now I'll just present the facts: Zapruder captured the scene with a Model 414 PD Bell and Howell Zoomatic Director Series Camera that operated via a spring-wound mechanism, which filmed at an average frame rate of 18.3 frames per second, and recorded on Kodak Kodachrome II 8 mm movie safety film. The footage of the assassination itself runs for a total of 486 frames, or 26.6 seconds. Kennedy's limousine is visible in 343 of the frames, or 18.7 seconds.The most infamous image contained in the film is the final fatal shot to President Kennedy's head, almost exactly as the limousine passes directly in front of (and slightly below) Zapruder's position. It is truly a horrid thing to be watching, but sheer morbid human curiosity makes us simply incapable of averting our gaze. Pleasant this film is not, but its significance to American history is irrefutable.

adam A piece of history that prooves that most film of historic events is quite often recorded by the general public.Also, that previous comment is a prime example of a conspiracy nut (one who blindly believes in the conpsiracy, instead of forming it for themselves) as they seem to ignore the fact that there were many people filming on that in different locations, which perfectly match the spreader film. (also, many of the so called mistakes can be atributed to the fact that it is an old camera that used photographic film that was on a spring based mechanism, which could easily have a speed that is not constant)

adrian_mcfarlane This is quite possibly the most monumental piece of live footage ever captured by an amateur photographer. The film of JFK's fatal shooting is, in itself, not particularly entertaining or interesting unless it is in a re-mastered and "shake-free" form. However, the impact of this film on the controversy surrounding one of the most famous assassinations in world history cannot be denied.The best showcase for this piece of film can be found in Oliver Stone's brilliant film, JFK.