Ted Yacucci on What the Zapruder Film Really Tells Us about the JFK Assassination | 10/8/25

Summary: The Zapruder Film and JFK Assassination Analysis:

- (00:00-01:07) The Zapruder film is presented as a crucial key to solving the JFK assassination, containing far more information than the few familiar frames most people recognize from the November 22, 1963 event in Dallas.

- (01:07-02:09) The original, unedited Zapruder film showed critical details that were later removed: the turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street, the presidential limousine coming to a complete stop, and multiple frames showing the fatal head shot from the front with the back of Kennedy's head blown out, with debris spraying 3-4 feet into the air.

- (02:09-04:04) Researchers David Lifton, Douglas Horne, and Peter Janney interviewed National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) personnel who worked with the original footage on November 23, 1963, revealing that the film the public has seen differs significantly from what was initially processed.

- (04:04-06:05) Abraham Zapruder initially sold print rights to Life magazine for $50,000 on Saturday morning, but after the Secret Service reviewed the film, Life magazine renegotiated on Sunday for $150,000 to acquire all copies and worldwide motion picture rights—then never used it, hiding it for 12 years.

- (06:40-08:25) Life magazine publisher C.D. Jackson had longstanding CIA connections dating back to OSS propaganda work in WWII, suggesting the Secret Service and CIA used him as an asset to suppress the original film and prevent the American public from seeing the authentic footage.

- (08:25-11:34) NPIC analyst Dino Brugioni created presentation boards from the original film on Saturday night, but a different crew was called in Sunday night to work with an altered version that had been doctored at the CIA's Hawkeye facility in Rochester, New York—crudely blacking out the back of Kennedy's head and adding artifacts.

- (12:10-14:07) Secret Service Chief James Rowley, who had previously concealed a Chicago assassination plot against Kennedy three weeks earlier, received and viewed the original film, establishing him as a conspirator rather than merely participating in a cover-up; CIA Director John McCone also received the original film and distributed the doctored versions.

- (15:33-17:29) Many people who saw Zapruder show the original film on Friday night and Saturday morning knew the publicly released version wasn't authentic, leading to confusion about missing elements like the limousine stopping; the presenter argues this reveals a massive coup d'état in 1963 that successive CIA and Secret Service leaders knowingly concealed from the American public.
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Original Source Attribution:

'What the Zapruder Film Really Tells Us about the JFK Assassination...' | Ted Yacucci | Oct 8, 2025 | https://youtu.be/ohZFEjh7ph4?si=F7pB8wEyBu2Q5d-n

An in-depth look at what happened to the Zapruder film the weekend of the assassination and why the version Americans see now is doctored. We also step back from the film to determine if we can identify persons who must have had prior knowledge of the murder of JFK. We examine the deal Abraham Zapruder made with Life Magazine, and if C.D.Jackson, the publisher of Life had Intelligence connections.
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