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film of the John F. Kennedy assassination

The Zapruder film is a silent 8mm color motion picture sequence shot by Abraham Zapruder with a Bell & Howellhome-movie camera, as United States President John F.

Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, Unexpectedly, it captured the President's assassination.

Although it is not the only film of the shooting, the Zapruder film has been described as being the most complete, giving a relatively clear view from a somewhat elevated position on the side from which the president's fatal head wound is visible.

It was an important piece of evidence before the Warren Commission hearings, and all subsequent investigations of the assassination. It is one of the most studied pieces of film in history, particularly footage of the final shot which helped spawn theories of whether Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin.

In , the film was selected for preservation in the United States