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Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film

Title
Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film / Alexandra Zapruder.
Author
Zapruder, Alexandra
Publication
  • New York : Twelve, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Description
viii, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
The family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archive sources to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government, and arts community.--
Alternative Title
Personal history of the Zapruder film
Subject
  • Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 > Assassination
  • Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 > In motion pictures
  • Zapruder, Abraham
  • Amateur films > Texas > Dallas > History > 20th century
  • Memory > Political aspects > United States
  • Motion pictures and history
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-456) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Home movie -- Assassination -- Exposure -- First glimpses -- All rights to LIFE -- Images in print -- Mounting pressure -- Court cases and bootlegs -- LIFE's dilemma -- The Eternal Frame and the endless debates -- The floodgates open -- JFK: the movie and the Assassination Records Act -- To take or not to take the film -- A final firestorm -- Arbitration and resolution -- Epilogue: Public and private legacy.
Call Number
JFE 17-31
ISBN
  • 9781455574810
  • 1455574813
LCCN
2016025786
OCLC
945352724
Author
Zapruder, Alexandra, author.
Title
Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film / Alexandra Zapruder.
Publisher
New York : Twelve, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-456) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-31
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