USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Zapruder film is a silent 8mm color motion picture sequence shot by Abraham Zapruder with a Bell & Howell home-movie camera, as United States President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. It captured the assassination of the President.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy. It happened in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, and the limo he was riding in at the time is now on display in metro Detroit. That limo is part of the “Presidential Vehicles” exhibit at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, which also includes limos from Franklin D.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1975, Time, Inc. (which owned Life magazine) sold the film back to the Zapruder family for $1. In 1978, the Zapruders allowed the film to be stored at the National Archives and Records Administration where it remains. In 1999, the Zapruders donated the copyright of the film to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

Detailed explanation-4: -Q: Why did First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy climb onto the back of the car after the shooting? A: Jacqueline Kennedy climbed on the back of the car to retrieve fragments from the president’s head, though she had no memory of it afterward.