From: schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck)
Subject: Re: Zapruder Film frames missing (was Re: If it were I)
Reply-To: Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:49:16 GMT

ccasm@cc.newcastle.edu.au writes:

>In article <schuck.721243351@sfu.ca>, schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:
>> 
>> 2) Eventually, through the Freedom of Information Act, it has been
>>    discovered the Zapruder film spent 24 hours or so at the NPIC,
>>    the CIA's photographic centre where almost anything can be done.
>> 
>>    It is possible therefore, that the red blob is an "addition" to the
>>    film, added to make people think the front of JFK's head was leaking a
>>    big red blob. It is also possible that the back of the head was
>>    blacked out, which is where the actual massive head wound was.

>I don't see this in the video I have.

By blacked out I mean the hole was filled in with shade or color
looking like hair. In stills I have seen there is more shade back
there than there should be, but excellent color frames are hard to
come by.

>> 
>>    Whether the film was altered by the CIA is hard to prove.
>> 
>>    What can be proven is 4 frames are missing immediately before JFK
>>    went behind the Stemmons freeway sign. Zapruder testified to the WC
>>    that JFK began reacting to his throat wound "before" going behind the
>>    Stemmons sign. The four frames may have been removed to cover up this
>>    evidence. Why? Because if JFK was shot before frames 207-211, then the
>>    magic bullet theory is *completely* invalid.
>>    Note: Actually it is frames 207 - 214 missing from my copy of the
>>          Zapruder film in the WCH vol 18. Maybe it was 8 missing, not 4?
>> 

>What is the proof for this, Bruce?

The missing four frames is not conjecture. It is well documented.
The WC just claimed a mistake was made during developing. I can't
remember their exact explanation.

The fact that 8 are missing from my vol 18 may be because someone
ripped out 4 -- but I can't see a rip. Can someone with vol 18 check
it out?

>From the TSBD, LHO (or whoever) was unsighted until Z211. Does this prove the
>shot came from elsewhere?

I think so. The WC has claimed JFK wasn't shot until after 210,
while the HSCA claim the first shot was at 190 although they say it
was miss. Supposedly there was a gap in the trees lasting for a
fraction of a second equivalent to frame 189. It would have been a
real tough shot.

>At what point did the throat shot happen?

I think it happened around 189-190 when JFK started to react to being
shot. I'm not sure what evidence is available at 207-210 [or 214].
Maybe his throat is visible, maybe it is just his reaction to being
wounded.

My belief is that the throat wound was an entrance wound, because
thats what it looked like to the nurses and doctors at Parkland and
they had lots of gunshot experience.

The autopsy team had little gunshot experience and never even knew the
throat wound was a bullet wound until Humes called Perry at Parkland
*after* the autopsy was complete.

>Did Alvarez account for the missing frames in his sound graph or did he work
>backwards from Z313 or what?

Good question. I think he just left a blank. The frames are numbered
with a gap in the missing frames. 207-210 are consided lost frames,
and subsequent frames were not renumbered downwards to fill in the gap.


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