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

Personal history of the Zapruder film (portion title)
26 seconds (other title)

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.-- Adapted from book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781455574810
  • ISBN: 1455574813
  • ISBN: 9781455574827
  • Physical Description: viii, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly colored illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Twelve, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-456) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Assassination.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > In motion pictures.
Zapruder, Abraham.
Amateur films > Texas > Dallas > History > 20th century.
Memory > Political aspects > United States.

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Jacksonville Main Library 973.922 ZAP (Text) 36015000659561 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library 973.922 Zap (Text) 36015001020276 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Main Library 973.922 Zapruder (Text) 34269001227413 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Etowah Branch 973.922 Z (Text) 33258008139987 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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