Well, Mr.Welsh, here is one of the reasons I thought which supported MrFords proposal that Red Shirt Man (RSM) in Hughes film was Oswald and not Lovelady:
1. RSM is raising his hand up and then down and it’s not likely a “salute” but is more likely a bottle being raised to mouth. If so, then there’s only 2 possible persons who could be outside on the front steps who would have a bottle of coke, Oswald and or Lovelady, and so the question is at what time did each buy their respective cokes?
Lovelady had to have bought his coke several minutes BEFORE 12:00pm because the women of the 2nd floor office are occupying the 2nd floor lunchroom from 12:00-12:15 approx, thus they would have seen Lovelady or he vice versa see them if Lovelady bought the coke after 12:00pm.
Lovelady could not have bought the coke after 12:15 either since he was OUTSIDE on the front steps with Sarah Stanton and Bill Shelly by that time.
That means that Billy Lovelady had a coke from about 11:59 until 12:29 if he is RSM in Hughes so there is a question would not a 16 0z bottle of soda have been consumed in a 30 minute period of time?
Oswald on the other hand did not likely buy his coke until at the earliest 12:17 which would be just AFTER he was seen seated in the 2nd floor lunchroom by Carolyn Arnold.
So Oswald only had his coke for approx 11 minutes if he is RSM in Hughes film, therefore there is higher probability that there would be some % of liquid still left in the bottle at 12:29.