Abraham Zapruder

Abraham Zapruder (born May 15, 1905 in Kovel , Ukraine , † August 30, 1970 in Dallas , Texas ) was an amateur filmmaker who happened to film the assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963 while watching the presidential reception in Texas .

Life

Zapruder's camera

Zapruder, who owned a women's clothing company, used what was then a very advanced 414-PD- Bell & Howell -Zoomatic-Director-Series film camera from 1962, equipped with a Kodak Kodachrome II safety film .

Journalist and intelligence officer Forrest Sorrels showed up at Zapruder's office within an hour of the attack . The film went to the television station WFAA . The film itself could not be seen on the screen, as WFAA did not have the opportunity to develop the 8 mm film, but Zapruder himself was seen in an interview within two hours.

After Kodak had developed what is now known as the Zapruder film , two copies of the film went to the secret service and one to Zapruder. He sold it with full rights for 150,000 US dollars to the Life Magazine ; Part of the contract was that the actual effect of the shot on Kennedy's head could not be shown ( Fig. 313). Zapruder donated the first installment of $ 25,000 to the widow of murdered police officer JD Tippit .

Abraham Zapruder was a member of the Freemasonry Association and was also involved with the Shriners for free medical care for children. He died of stomach cancer on August 30, 1970 .

Honor

A journal on the history of social conflict, which has been published since 2002, is named after Abraham Zapruder. He made history from below, according to the foundation of The Zapruder World Project .

Zapruder in popular culture

In the 2013 feature film Parkland , Paul Giamatti took on the role of Zapruder in the drama that depicts the events following the Kennedy's assassination.

Bob Dylan: Murder Most Foul (2020): "Zapruder's film I seen night before / Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more / It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean / Ugliest thing that you ever have seen / ... “" (Verse 3, ll. 27 ff.)

(Album Rough And Rowdy Ways , c&P Columbia Records 2020)

Web links

• Zapruders camera Bell & Howell 414PD Director Series (engl.)
• Zapruder at Spartacus Educational (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Abraham Zapruder . freemasonry.bcy.ca. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
2. ^ Project homepage , last accessed on February 8, 2014.
3. ↑ Kevin Jagernauth: Zac Efron Will Play The First Doctor To Look At JFK In Assassination Pic 'Parkland' ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. online from December 19, 2012, accessed November 30, 2013.