Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination

1963
7.8| 0h1m| en
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President John F. Kennedy is shown riding in an open-top car with his wife and several others, waving at crowds on the sidewalk. He is hit by a bullet and clutches his throat as the others react with surprise. Another shot hits Kennedy in the head and he collapses. A Secret Service agent runs up to the car, and Mrs. Kennedy climbs onto the trunk to pull him aboard as the car speeds away.

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WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Donald Seymour This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
gavin6942 The home movie footage that caught the assassination of the American President, John F. Kennedy.I had assumed that I had seen this film a dozen times, maybe one hundred times. But I guess I was seeing lower grade copies, and probably just clips, Seeing the complete film, with its 2012 remastering... wow. I had no idea the film was so nasty and gory. It may be one of the more disturbing things you will ever see, and definitely the most disturbing to be considered worth preserving by the Library of Congress.The version I saw also had commentary, which seemed a bit questionable, such as the crowd chasing the assassin up the grassy knoll. Was that Zapruder talking or added later? I presume the latter.
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) This is certainly one of the most significant video documents of the 21st century. As much as the title of the review may apply to president Kennedy, it's the complete opposite for Abraham Zapruder. As intense and heartbreaking as the document is, it would, most likely, even been a lot more haunting if we could hear his reaction to what he just saw.There were no television cameras filming the incident and we wouldn't have the actual moment on tape if it hadn't been for this amateur filmer. Would it have been better that way? I don't know. It's truly disturbing and what followed afterward concerning legal consequences and Jack Ruby is utterly frustrating. What saddens me even more than looking at Kennedy in this tape is looking at his wife.
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.
kitkat41810 This film would be a great piece of history if in fact it was a real film of the Kennedy assassination. The are far too many mistakes in this film for me to point out. It is a film of the Kennedy assassination, but many of the important facts have been altered. There are missing scenes, and many of the scenes, after the president's limo passes the sign, don't fit in. Both Kennedys move noticeably slower then the other four people in front of them. Next time you watch this film look for things that don't add up, such as the Texas Gov. and his, along with the SS men in the front, lunge forward but you can see that the limo is not stopping or slowing down, in fact is is accelerating. This film is clearly an attempt at a cover up.