(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
and more there to study than any of the copies, since in the photographic process each time you copy you lose some detail.
Mr. Specter.
And subsequently, were slides made from the original of the Zapruder film?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. Since it was not practical to stop the projector when using the original of the Zapruder film, because of the possibility of damage to the film, Mr. Orth volunteered to prepare 35-mm. color slides directly from the original movie of all of the pertinent frames of the assassination which were determined to be frames 171 through 434.
Mr. Specter.
Would you outline what you mean by frames, please?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. In motion picture films, the actual motion picture film consists of consecutive pictures that are made in rapid succession, each one being a separate exposure. And as the camera runs, it films these, and they are projected fast enough on the screen when you do not have the sensation of them being individual pictures, but you have the sensation of seeing the movement even though they are individual little pictures on the film. So each one of those little pictures on the film is called a frame.
Mr. Specter.
And how did you number the frames?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
I numbered the frames on the Zapruder film beginning with No. 1 at the assassination portion of his film.
He did have on his film some photographs of a personal nature that we disregarded, and started at the first frame of his motion picture that was made there on Elm Street of the assassination.
Mr. Specter.
And what was happening at the time of frame 1?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
At the time of frame 1, the police motorcycle lead portion of the parade is in view, and that goes for several frames. Then he stopped his camera, feeling that it might be some time before the Presidential car came into view. Then when the Presidential car rounded the corner and came into view, he started his camera again, and kept it running throughout the route down Elm Street until the car went out of sight on his right.
Mr. Specter.
What other movies have been examined by you in the course of this analysis?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
An amateur 8-mm. motion picture film made by a Mr. Orville Nix of Dallas, Tex., has been examined. Mr. Nix was standing on the corner of Houston and Maine Streets, photographing the motorcade as it came down Main Street and turned right into Houston Street.
Mr. Specter.
Would you explain briefly how you ascertained the location of Mr. Nix when he took those movies?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. At the time Mr. Nix took his movies of the motorcade coming down Main Street, he was standing on the corner, and photographed them turning the corner and going down Houston Street.
Mr. Specter.
You are now indicating the southwest corner of Houston and Main?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; southwest corner. After he heard the shots, he hurried down along the curb of Main Street, but did not remember exactly where he was standing. On the basis of his motion pictures, we were able to analyze the pictures using his camera, and on the 23d of May of this year, during the survey, preparatory to the reenactment, we reestablished this point by viewing pictures taken from his motion picture camera, at varying angles across here, in order to reestablish the point where he was standing, based on the relationship of this street light to other items in the background of the photograph.
Mr. Specter.
When you say this point, you mean the point of the Nix position?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And when you say this street light, you are referring to a street lamp on the opposite side of Main Street?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
Would you outline in a general way how you obtained the copy of the Nix film?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
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