Orville Nix Film - Appearances in Media

[Scott Johndrow]

I'm attempting to put together a compilation showing the Nix film as it has appeared over the years in movies, documentaries, unique releases, etc.  My incomplete list is as follows:

1964 - Four Days In November (United Artists/MGM - available on VHS, bootleg DVDs)

1973 - Executive Action (National General Pictures - Now owned by Warner Bros. - available on DVD)

March 6, 1975 - Good Night America (ABC-TV - with Robert Groden - available on youtube)

1981 - The Killing of America (Toho-Towa - available on Blu-ray)

1988 - The Day the Dream Died (Channel 4 - UK  - available on youtube, UK VHS)

1991 - Oliver Stone's JFK (Warner Bros)

1993 - JFK - The Case For Conspiracy (Robert Groden/New Frontier Video - VHS)

2003 - JFK Assassination Files - The Case For Conspiracy (Robert Groden/Delta Entertainment Corporation - DVD)

2008 - JFK: Inside the Target Car (Discovery Channel) - thanks Sean Kneringer

2013 - JFK: The Lost Bullet (National Geographic - available on DVD, but sadly no blu-ray)

2015 - Frames Shared By Gayle Nix Jackson and Robin Unger (JFK Assassination Forums)


Perhaps you guys can help me fill this out - even multiple releases of the same program is appreciated.

On a side note - I'm looking for the VHS release of Robert Groden's Assassination Films - I cannot find it anywhere.  My VHS copy of the 1993 Case For Conspiracy lists it as an upcoming release at the end of the video, titled as as "The Kennedy Assassination: The Films" - but I can't find it on amazon or ebay.  I have the 2003 Delta DVD, but I'd prefer to transfer the VHS myself since it doesn't have MPEG-2 video artifacts and one may potentially analyze the video a little better.

[Sean Kneringer]

appears at the very beginning of JFK: Inside the Target Car

[Robin Unger]

Bronson / Nix frame sync

[Robin Unger]

Gayle Nix Jackson "NIX" Frames from my Archive.

The frames are contained in two Zip files.

Zip 1 ( size 100MB )
Zip 2 ( size 45MB )

The image preview does not load for Zip files, igore the message shown, and just click on "Download"

https://app.box.com/s/52w2m7adaezr4glrs2yplhrxsa1ghpke

https://app.box.com/s/ab17j0muexfn1kfrz3xdzhemdux4duoh

[Scott Johndrow]

Thank you Sean and Robin!  I've updated my list.

Also to Robin, I'm so glad you re-posted those frames.  I had sequenced them into a video shortly before my hard drive crashed a few weeks ago.  This helps me to not have to hunt down your original post   If I'm remembering right, that's from the 1st Generation 8mm Gayle got from the FBI?

[Michael Walton]

Can't you just download the frames that RU posted earlier, make a movie of it in Premiere, and then load it into your Topaz whatchmacallit? He's providing you with the frames and they seem pretty clear. Just make the movie yourself from the frames download.

[Scott Johndrow]

I have done just that and grateful to have been provided those frames, but that copy is quite blurry despite being from a 1st generation print.  It seems the labwork involved in the creation of that print just wasn't precise enough and unfortunately the AI program has little to no effect on blurry footage.  Examining the incomplete Nix footage from the Executive Action DVD probably gives the best idea of just how much detail there was on the missing original negative.  I'm trying out as many copies as possible and the source of that gif would be great.

[Scott Johndrow]

Well, seems the answer was nearly right under my nose: https://www.jfkassassinationgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=7&page=49  The JPEG filenames indicate the source: VTS_04_2_VOB_snapshot_15_24_[2018_10_31_23_22_43] - Just need to find out what DVD that is as the JPEGs add another layer of compression and image degradation.  If I can't find that out, at least I can go through and save the frames one-by-one - but that will be incredibly tedious.