Frederick Clements, back on March 14th, asked "Why is NBC refusing to release the original Wiegman and Darnell films?"
That's a good question, and personally I would attribute their ongoing refusal to Deep State arrogance. They are more than likely beholden to the CIA. All that the JFK research community requires is
temporary access to these films, in order to obtain a digital scan of small portions of these films- that show the TSBD front landing- but NBC has set up the requirement that only an established film production company with a detailed project plan may be granted access to their newsreels. I still have my e-mails from January 10, 2018 when I contacted the NBC Archives.
This is information that belongs in the public domain, yet they act as if they're the privileged guardians of the information on this newsreel- which was after all made for the purpose of public consumption, especially now since it's about such an important historical event as the Kennedy assassination. Personally I don't think this reluctance has anything to do with PrayerMan; instead it has to do with wanting to keep attention away from Book Depository personnel.
Over the next several months, in 2018, I contacted RFK Jr., talk show host Michael Savage, Representative Walter Jones, ARRB chair John Tunheim, filmmaker Ken Burns and Trump aide Roger Stone, appealing for their assistance accessing these NBC films. I explained the long-standing need to have the front landing personnel clarified (as best as possible) for the JFK research community, and assured them that the height argument- which I detailed- unequivocably demonstrated that Oswald could not have been on the landing. Nothing in the official narrative- that he was up in the sniper's nest- would be altered one bit. Yet the only response I ever received was from a secretary to Ken Burns, who explained that he was too busy with other projects at the time. Personally I concluded that the JFK assassination was still such a radioactive hot potato that nobody dared get involved looking into it.
My height argument is on pp. 6-7 of
Death of the Lunchroom Hoax https://jfkinsidejob.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DEATH%20OF%20THE%20LUNCHROOM%20HOAX%20_Final_.pdf It estimated PrayerMan's height as 5' 2-1/2", and I know that John Mytton's computer graphic skills obtained an approximate value of 5'4". This is typical of a woman's height and way too short to be Lee Harvey Oswald. And there has been other film forensic work that correlates with the figure being a woman.
The onus- the burden of proof- is with the PrayerMan devotees. They are the ones who are required to come up with extraordinary proof for the extraordinary claim that this blurry figure is Lee Harvey Oswald. The fact that it is not goes right to the heart of the Hosty draft note, and their allegation that Oswald
actually "went outside to watch the P. Parade"
The Sixth Floor Museum has had a digital scan of the Darnell newsreel available for public viewing for several years. They don't release copies of film frames due to copyright claims. Rather than attempt to persuade NBC, it would be more constructive, in my opinion, to persuade the Museum or the copyright holders that a few film frames need to be made publicly available.
I find it very strange that not one researcher, not to my knowledge, from among the PrayerMan devotees, has looked at the Museum's Darnell film and proclaimed that PrayerMan more closely resembles Oswald- more than the blurry reproductions we have available on the internet. This would be shouted from the rooftops, if that were the case.
But it's not the case, is it?
