Zapruder disproves Brugionis 2-3 frame headshot claim

[Gerry Down]

You can see the cloud of mist expand and dissipating in the next two or three frames after z313.

It's worth pointing out that the magenta, cyan, and yellow dyes used in color film fade over time, but do not do so at the same rate. Magenta takes longer to degrade than the other two colors. As the other dyes fade, the image becomes increasingly skewed towards magenta, which has the effect of reducing the contrast between magenta (and red and pink) areas and the rest of the photo. The cloud of spray was probably more distinctive in 1963 than it was 30 years later when the Z film was digitized, which would go a long way towards explaining why Dino's recollections do match what many researchers want to expect.

Then again, in 2013, Brugioni was a 90-year old man who'd just been shown copies of film frames that he hadn't seen for 50 years. I doubt it's wise to put so much faith in the detailed reliability of such old memories.

Zapruder and Life saw the film the week of the assassination before any dyes got a chance to fade. Despite Zapruder being paid the equivalent in today's money of 1.5m dollars for the film, and Life paying that much, neither of them saw any differences in the Zapruder film at all. That's the kind of money that would make people observant.

[Royell Storing]

Zapruder and Life saw the film the week of the assassination before any dyes got a chance to fade. Despite Zapruder being paid the equivalent in today's money of 1.5m dollars for the film, and Life paying that much, neither of them saw any differences in the Zapruder film at all. That's the kind of money that would make people observant.

  You mention Zapruder and Life not seeing "any DIFFERENCES". "Differences" between the Original Zapruder Film that was sold to Life and specifically what other Z film? Dan Rather saw a Zapruder Film copy the weekend of the assassination. During several Live CBS World Wide TV Broadcasts that same weekend, Rather described his seeing a Much Different Zapruder Film than we have today. For starters, Rather described the Z Film Copy he watched showing the JFK Limo turning onto Elm St.