The Nix Illusion

[John Tonkovich]

Let's not forget the history of the Nix film in the whole JFK assassination debate, especially because it's an object lesson in misunderstanding of evidence.
For years, believers in the grassy knoll theory/second gunman fantasy were hell bent on finding this unicorn in the background of the Nix film. Avoiding this pitfall, others did, more importantly, note the disparities between Nix and Zapruder.
Timing, in relation to the limo speed in the Zapruder film, is everything.

[Allan Fritzke]

I am curious what makes the film image in the cog area come and go.  Thanks for explanation Jerry. The car appears to be slowing down before Z313 as you can see the motorcycle front tire is gaining on the car which matches Nix film.  There is also interesting imagery in that area during the first shot.  Is that image a reflection from back of polished sign or are you seeing someone below the sign in the upper image?

I still await opinion on what I consider editing on Z337.    Anyone offer a solution?  To me, it looked like sloppy editing caught.  That is one frame I can pick it out on.   If one is modified that I can find, how many others that I can't have been modified to support the LNer narrative and falsify information.   Take it one step further, who would purchase the film for a large sum of money and then only release slides to support a one sided argument?  As I said,  the characters in the film have had their faces "smudged and smeared".  Unlike the moving car, the images (body images are well definedand yet no detail on the faces which defy logic.

On Z337, you can see his ear and hair and you can see a line going through his face and you see her shoulder on the other side of line and her arm and flowers down below on that same side.  The case of the disappearing head was a sloppy cut and paste when they recreated the film in my opinion.  They had to get it done in a hurry, likely 12 hours!




 

The validity of the film would have to be verified and matched up with Zapruder's family pictures on the other side to know if it was same film or was spliced together and then reimaged.   You could also then compare resolution of those pictures to see if resolution was being lost due to recreation.   Obviously one side grainy and other side clearer, would validate film.   It would be interesting to note the markers on the film in the cogs, the letter c appears at Z303 and again at Z370.   One would have to look at the original film markers and see if the length matches.  The letter c is 67 frames apart.  I am sure the sequence would be repetitive.  This is the second side of the film we are told so it would be good to examine the Zapruder recording on the other side and see if it also contains markers that would match!   What markers did an unexposed film of the day have?  Did the film get marked on both sides and what frequency of repetition of markers?

By rights, the film should have been entered in as evidence but I guess there was not trial but a WC instead!

[Chris Bristow]

The vertical line through JFK's head that extends down to his arm is something I have seen many times. I always assumed it is due to the processing of the film. It is also on the other more common Z film copy that you can download from the National Archives so it is not a computer artifact introduced in the computer age. It becomes more obvious in that copy if you fiddle with the contrast, saturation, sharpness. Because I have seen it so many times it never aroused suspicion for me.
       It does not cut off his ear, the wedge shaped bone flap is casting a shadow on the lower part of the ear. It also makes his head/hair very light and less defined. It lightens everything in it.   
 The zoom never changes as far as I can see. Fr350 is blacked out in that area but it resumes in 351. Half the sprocket image is removed too so it is not just a matter of the original neg not having emulsion there or  being zoom related. It must have happened in the printing.
 I would need a specific example of a blurred face with a detailed body to comment other than the face details are tiny and motion blur can cause darker objects to literally disappear. A larger dark object like a person wearing a dark suit can remain  while those small dark objects  like eyebrow lips and any small shadow on the face will vanish. This is because dark objects are not actual images that get burned into the negative. They are the result of a lack of light hitting the negative. The non image shape is defined by the real images surrounding it that are actual images burned into the negative. So motion blur will place an actual image over the spot where the non image(Shadow or dark object) is. Then the unexposed part of the negative that would represent the dark image is exposed to the actual image and the dark area disappears. Check out Altgens shadow across the curb around frame 350. The frames alternate between motion blur and a stable shot. Notice how the shadow across the curb changes shape from the motion blurred frames to the frame with the background in focus.     

[John Tonkovich]

Mr Fritzke: interesting posts.

If one's purpose is to make the limo seem to go faster, excision of a few frames here and there would certainly, uh, help, yes?
Not much else needed.

[Joe Elliott]

Mr Fritzke: interesting posts.

If one's purpose is to make the limo seem to go faster, excision of a few frames here and there would certainly, uh, help, yes?
Not much else needed.

True, but there would be an obvious problem. So, removing frames would not work.

[John Tonkovich]

True, but there would be an obvious problem. So, removing frames would not work.

I see an " obvious problem" when looking at z381 to z382, at least in Costella version.

[Allan Fritzke]

Download and zoom in on Z337 lightbox frame. You can't see the horizontal line in the grass?  As I said, download that frame and zoom in.  Something wrong there if you can't see the color change (hue)in the grass!
https://sites.google.com/site/lightboxzframes/lightbox/z300-z349/   <find image Z337 so you can download and zoom in>

You can't see Jacqueline's shoulder where JFK's head should be either?  IT is pretty coincidental that you have an ear that looks like a bone showing up where the ear should be and compares nicely to Z312.  Then, compare the only picture of JFK laying on a morgue slab with eyes wide open as if you can try to justify "putting" the face back together.  Obviously amazing "recreation" to say the least.   Someone is lying!  You can't sustain the missing head damage and sew it all back together.  Obvious need as well to use sketches by Ida Fox to prove your point rather than base anything on xray or actual photos. 

Again, one sloppy cut and paste means there is more and better editing done elsewhere.  All to point out that the LNer fired the only shots into the vehicle and people were fleeing up the grassy knoll to get away from the shooter!



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_autopsy

Download Z369 from the website and examine "black" sunglasses they are wearing by zooming in.  It appears there is an extra little 'black"drop below the man's right hand eye.  That is just shadow?  Again, we may know who these people where but at the time of editing (within 2 days of filming), they would have been unsure who they would use to make their presentation to the WC and guide the findings.
   
It is also difficult due to digitization but it certainly looks like the front of little boy could also be cut and past along red shirt line vertically.  Zooming in you can see red blurring well above the shirt line and extends up to his nose.  Look for yourself on a zoom and ask why you see red up that high when shirt is below?    Again, I won't speculate on that - just on error in minor "black" drop on the man's eye that is out of place on his cheek bone.  Looks like a drop of paint to me that drooped.  Modification of any kind means not originals but re-imaged.  Everytime you "recreate" you lose resolution as well which I would say is evident as well.