Doug Horne on Reasons to Doubt the Authenticity of the Zapruder Film based upon Image Content

Timestamped Summary: Doug Horne on Zapruder Film Authenticity;

This summary outlines the key arguments presented by Doug Horne regarding his reasons to doubt the authenticity of the Zapruder Film, based on the image content and eyewitness testimony:

• [00:00:03] Doug Horne introduces himself as a former senior analyst and Chief Analyst for Military Records at the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) from 1995 to 1998.

• [00:00:26] Horne states that his book, "Inside the Assassination Records Review Board," presents his conclusions on the medical cover-up and the alteration of the Zapruder film.

• [00:01:10] He concludes that the Zapruder home movie appears to be an altered film, not the authentic out-of-camera original, based on his three years of work at the ARRB and subsequent study.

• [00:01:53] Reason 1: Altered Head Wounds. Horne argues that the true exit wound in the right rear of the head has been crudely blacked out (specifically in frame Z317).

• [00:02:05] The large head wounds seen in the right front and top of the head in the film may be artwork, as they are inconsistent with the wounds described by medical personnel at Parkland Hospital.

• [00:02:27] Eyewitnesses at Parkland and Bethesda did not describe damage to the top or right side of the head forward of the right ear, which is the only damage seen in the Zapruder film.

• [00:03:12] Reason 2: Missing Initial Footage. Both Abraham Zapruder and his secretary, Marilyn Sitzman, claimed he started filming before the car turned the corner from Houston to Elm Street, footage that is missing from the existing film.

• [00:03:42] Reason 3: Missing Exit Debris. The exit debris seen traveling to the left rear of JFK's head by numerous Dealey Plaza eyewitnesses is not seen in the existing film.

• [00:04:22] Two Dallas County surveyors, Brenneman and West, who were commissioned by Life magazine, recalled seeing 8x10 glossy prints of Zapruder frames that showed exit debris leaving the President's head and traveling to the left rear.

• [00:05:05] This recollection is consistent with the testimony of motorcycle outriders Hargis and Marshall, who were hit with debris to the left rear of the limousine.

• [00:05:37] Reason 4: Unreported Head Snap. The rapid motion of JFK's body back and to the left (the "head snap") in the Zapruder film was not described by Dealey Plaza eyewitnesses.

• [00:06:14] Horne and other researchers agree that if the frames showing exit debris traveling to the left were removed via optical excision, it would cause other actions, like the head snap, to speed up.

• [00:07:04] Horne suspects the rapidity and violent nature of the back-and-to-the-left motion is an unintended artifact of film alteration (frame removal).

• [00:07:26] He believes the President moved back and to the left, but much slower than depicted in the altered film.

• [00:07:37] Reason 5: Missing Car Stop. Many witnesses claimed to have seen the limousine stop during the shooting on Elm Street, which is not seen in the Zapruder film.

• [00:08:02] Bill Newman, who was closest to the limousine on the right, consistently stated the car stopped very briefly (for about a second or a second and a half).

• [00:08:44] Jean Hill, standing to the left of the limousine, stated in her affidavit on the day of the assassination that she heard shots, "the car stopped for an instant," and then she heard more shots.

• [00:09:10] Hugh Betzner, who was taking photographs from behind the limousine, also stated in his affidavit on the day of the assassination that the car stopped for an instant.

• [00:09:58] Motorcycle Officer BJ Hargis, who was splattered with blood and brain matter, was quoted in an unpublished interview as talking about the car stopping during the shooting.

• [00:10:42] Horne notes that at least 16 of 52 car-stop witnesses are considered very persuasive and reliable.

• [00:11:06] Roy Truly, one of Oswald's bosses, stated that the limousine "swerved sharply to the left during the shooting and stopped."

• [00:11:33] Horne questions how so many reliable witnesses could be mistaken in the same way, noting that the existing Zapruder film only shows the car slowing a bit, not stopping.

• [00:11:47] Other films, like the Nix and Muchmore films, show the brake lights coming on, which supports the idea of the car stopping or nearly stopping.

• [00:11:54] Horne concludes that the missing car stop is one of the four principal reasons, in addition to the blacked-out exit wound, why he believes the film may have been altered.
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Original Source Attribution:

'Altered History: Exposing Deceit and Deception in the JFK Assassination Medical Evidence' | The Future of Freedom Foundation | Sep 18, 2014 | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZR0GejpbM8EKI0q_wd9Spclygtkf749H&si=yaXg-tHMcEMqpY-4

In this 5-part video, Douglas P. Horne, who served on the staff of the Assassination Records Review Board and who is the author of the five-volume book Inside the Assassination Records Review Board: The U.S. Government’s Final Attempt to Reconcile the Conflicting Medical Evidence in the Assassination of JFK, discusses deceit and deception in the official autopsy of John F. Kennedy. See FFF president Jacob Hornberger’s article “Altered History: The FFF Video Project on the Autopsy of John F. Kennedy,” which introduces the launch of this video and two related e-books (99 cents each): JFK’s War with the National-Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated by Douglas P. Horne andThe Kennedy Autopsy by Jacob G. Hornberger
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