When Was JBC Hit?

[Andrew Mason]

JBC's reactions/actions - the swift head move/turn to the right and then head going back to the center before they go behind the sign - AND his testimony on why he did this, i.e., he said he heard a shot, are explained how? Crowd noise?

JBC's head turn to the right is from z164-171 and follows JFK turning his head in the same direction from z159-168. Neither turns would appear to be unusual.  The explanation for those turns was provided by Mary Woodward who said that JFK and Jackie were turned to the left so she waved and shouted to them as they approached.  JFK appears to be looking at her as he goes past the lamp post just to the left of Woodward.   JBC continues looking and turned to the right as he disappears behind the Stemmons sign.  Mary Woodward said that this turn and the subsequent smile and hand wave occurred before the first "horrible, ear-shattering noise".  Many others said the same thing.  She also said that she and her friends were the last people that JFK ever acknowledged.  So that has to be the turn that she is describing.

The turn that JBC described was a turn in response to the first shot, which he recognized as a rifle shot and immediately feared an assassination was taking place.  He said he turned to the right to try to see the President.  That turn begins about z230.  That is the only time he turns around to make any effort to look in the President's direction. 

[Marjan Rynkiewicz]

JBC's head turn to the right is from z164-171 and follows JFK turning his head in the same direction from z159-168. Neither turns would appear to be unusual.  The explanation for those turns was provided by Mary Woodward who said that JFK and Jackie were turned to the left so she waved and shouted to them as they approached.  JFK appears to be looking at her as he goes past the lamp post just to the left of Woodward.   JBC continues looking and turned to the right as he disappears behind the Stemmons sign.  Mary Woodward said that this turn and the subsequent smile and hand wave occurred before the first "horrible, ear-shattering noise".  Many others said the same thing.  She also said that she and her friends were the last people that JFK ever acknowledged.  So that has to be the turn that she is describing.

The turn that JBC described was a turn in response to the first shot, which he recognized as a rifle shot and immediately feared an assassination was taking place.  He said he turned to the right to try to see the President.  That turn begins about z230.  That is the only time he turns around to make any effort to look in the President's direction.

Mary Woodward & friends were on the north side of Elm St, she was 3rd after Millican.
JFK is looking to his right (at Woodward) & then as he disappears behind the sign (Z206) we can see that he has already quickly turned his head hard left
towards an african american family (of dad mum & boy)(on south side of Elm) who appear in Z217.
Previous to the african american family on the south side we saw the Willis girl, who has now stopped running (she is last seen in Z223).
That family are the last gawkers on the south side of Elm St (they appear for final time in Z255), until we see Brehm & Brehm boy in Z275, with Beverley Oliver behind Brehm, & then Jean Hill in Z287.
And we know that Oswald's shot-2 was at Z218.
And then when jfk appears from behind the sign (Z225) jfk's head is not turned left nor right.
I am thinking that jfk probly waved to the african american family. In which case they were the last. We dont know their names.

Quote FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION  Date: 11/24/63
Mr. JACK FRANZEN, 10572, [sic] Cromwell Circle, telephone FL 7-3717, who is employed by the Fox and Jacob Construction Company, 9106 Soverign [sic] Row, was contacted in response to a telephone call received from him at 1900 Main Street.

Mr. FRANZEN advised he and his wife and small son were standing in the grass area west of Houston Street and south of Elm Street at the time the President's motorcade arrived at that location at approximately 12:30 PM on November 22, 1963. He said he heard the sound of an explosion which appeared to him to come from the President's car and noticed small fragments flying inside the President's car and immediately assumed that someone had tossed a firecracker inside the automobile. He heard a second and third and possibly a fourth explosion and recognized these sounds as being shots fired from some firearm. At the same time he noticed blood appearing at the top and sides of the head of President Kennedy.

He noticed a colored family consisting of a man, woman and small child nearby and at the sound of these shots the man picked up the small boy and ran with the woman west on Elm Street toward the overpass.

During the ensuing confusion he remembers looking at the side of the building occupied by the Texas School Book Depository, located across Elm Street from his position but does not remember seeing anything of a suspicious nature with regard to that building. He noticed the men, who were presumed to be Secret Service Agents, riding in the car directly behind the President's car, unloading from the car, some with firearms in their hands, and noticed police officers and these plain clothesmen [sic] running up the grassy slope across Elm Street from his location and toward a wooded and bushy area located across Elm Street from him.

Because of this activity he presumed the shots which were fired came from the shrubbery or bushes toward which these officers appeared to be running.

He looked over the crowd which had assembled along both sides of Elm Street in this block but noticed nothing which appeared unusual among these spectators.

[Dan O'meara]

You have collected a mountain of evidence that JFK is reacting to the first shot when he emerges from behind the Stemmons sign. 

When they emerge from behind the Stemmons sign, both men are reacting to the first shot, just as the evidence says they did 

The first bullet passed through JFK on a right to left path without deflecting a material amount and did not appear to strike the car so that is when JBC was first hit by a bullet (ie. when the first shot struck).

JBC was hit in the back on the second shot, according to the evidence.  There were only three shots.

When they emerge from behind the Stemmons sign, both men are reacting to the first shot, just as the evidence says they did

How can you say JBC is reacting to the first shot when he emerges from behind the Stemmons sign?
Are you seriously saying that this frame shows JBC "reacting"?

[Andrew Mason]

Doesn't Nelly and Jackie also turn to their right about there?

Jackie and Nellie begin their turns to the front-right at about z174.

But nobody on Woodward's side of the street appears to be waving at the Kennedys during that time (a few clap hands). Woodward can't see Jackie's face Z133ff; by time Jackie turns her head right, JFK and his right arm are in the line-of-sight. So the waving and the facial contract between Woodward and the Kennedys must have occurred before Z133. I don't see why the Woodward group wouldn't be eager to get the Kennedys' attention as soon as the car straighten out, rather than seconds before it was to pass them. They seem in awe as the limousine goes by them in the film and satisfied with the moment; seems no further antics were needed.

You can tell that they are NOT waving?  We can only see their backs. She could have been waving at any time.  She said she shouted when JFK was approaching looking to the left.  He is looking to the left until z159.  He never looks left after that and her impression was that JFK did not acknowledge anyone after acknowledging them.

... and the reactions he shows (sudden jacket pluck, unnaturally-fast wrist flip, subsequent collapse) are merely the Governor "showing concern" for the President.

There is an increase in the amount of white shirt seen between z222 and z223. There is a decrease in the amount of white shirt seen from z223 and z224. How are you able to tell that the first (z222-223) is not caused by jacket motion due to arm movement?  How are you able to tell that the second (z223-224) is any different:  ie. a "pluck" caused by a bullet and not simply a movement of the jacket caused by arm motion (or a combination of jacket movement and, possibly, changing shadow)?

[Andrew Mason]

When they emerge from behind the Stemmons sign, both men are reacting to the first shot, just as the evidence says they did

How can you say JBC is reacting to the first shot when he emerges from behind the Stemmons sign?
Are you seriously saying that this frame shows JBC "reacting"?

I was referring to when both men emerge from behind the Stemmons sign.  When both men emerge (z224 and after) I see reactions in both men.  JFK is obviously reacting and JBC begins moving his arms from z224-228 as he prepares to turn around.  JBC did not say that he reacted to being hit. He said he reacted by turning around to see JFK out of fear that an assassination was unfolding. That arm movement has to be part of that turn.

[Michael T. Griffith]

Connally himself, after studying high-quality prints of the Z film under high magnification for LIFE magazine, said he was certain, beyond any doubt, that he was not hit before Z228.

When he reemerges into view in Z222, he does have a concerned look on his face and appears somewhat tense, but that is only natural because he has just heard at least one loud bang that sounded like a gunshot. So, yes, naturally, he would feel worried and would become somewhat tense. But that is a far cry from reacting to multiple, extremely painful wounds, including having a bullet tear through your upper torso and smashing several ribs in the process.

In Z238, we see Connally's right shoulder slammed downward and an obvious pained look begins to form on his face. The bullet probably hit him between Z234 and Z237, just as he said.

[John Mytton]

Connally himself, after studying high-quality prints of the Z film under high magnification for LIFE magazine, said he was certain, beyond any doubt, that he was not hit before Z228.

When he reemerges into view in Z222, he does have a concerned look on his face and appears somewhat tense, but that is only natural because he has just heard at least one loud bang that sounded like a gunshot. So, yes, naturally, he would feel worried and would become somewhat tense. But that is a far cry from reacting to multiple, extremely painful wounds, including having a bullet tear through your upper torso and smashing several ribs in the process.

In Z238, we see Connally's right shoulder slammed downward and an obvious pained look begins to form on his face. The bullet probably hit him between Z234 and Z237, just as he said.

Connally only studied still frames and did the best he could and guessed!

Today we have the technology to closely examine consecutive frames.

As Connally emerges from behind the sign his jacket billows as CE399 passes through and his right shoulder thrusts forward as his left shoulder violently raises.



At the same split second both Connally and Kennedy react simultaneously



Connally's hat flip and look of immense pain happen way before Z230.



The above images came from DVP's excellent blogspot and you can spend days going through it all and you still won't have seen everything!
https://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/

Btw Griffith, why do you believers in Zapruder Film alteration still use exact Zapruder frames to prove your theories, you have absolutely no right to use the Zapruder film! Hypocrite!

JohnM