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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 158« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)

Mr. Specter.
And was frame 235 selected as a basis of analysis because that was one point at which a number of the viewers, including staff and agents of the FBI and Secret Service thought that might be the last frame at which Governor Connally had turned enough to the right to still take a shot and have the bullet pass through his body from the sixth floor window at the angle described in the medical reports and by his doctors.
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct on the basis of an undeflected path. That is the frame that the doctors selected as the frame beyond which he could not have received this shot and have it travel in the path that it reportedly traveled.
Mr. Specter.
Was frame 240 selected for analysis as being the absolutely last time, based on the observations of those whom you have described as seeing the films, that the Governor could have conceivably taken a shot from the sixth floor window and have it pass through the body of the Governor in the way described in the medical reports and by the Governor's doctors?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
Was the analysis, made on the ability of the Governor to take the shot at each of the positions, based on the position he had at that particular frame in accordance with the amount of turn to the right which he had made at that particular time?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
Was there a still photograph known as AP photograph, which was taken at the time of the assassination or a view seconds thereafter, studied by you and others in connection with the analysis that you have been describing?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; there was.
Mr. Specter.
Was the simulated automobile placed in the same position that the Presidential automobile was in when the photograph was made by the AP photographer, as closely as it could be positioned at the time of the reenactment?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
What Commission exhibit number is attached to the photographs of that AP shot and the reenactment picture?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is Commission Exhibit No. 900.
Mr. Specter.
Would you describe what Photographs appear then on Commission Exhibit No. 900?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
On Commission Exhibit No. 900, the top photograph is a photograph purportedly made by an AP photographer shortly after one of the shots. It depicts the side of the Governor's head, the left side of the Governor's head, his ear is visible, he has turned considerably. It depicts the President's hand touching his lapels, and a portion of the President's face.
Secret Service agents on the followup car are seen also. The Texas School Book Building in the background.
The reenactment photograph was made after positioning the car by looking at the photograph, based on the position of the car as related to the lane line in the street, as related to the position of the building, the column of the building and so on to reestablish the location.
We also reestablish in reenactment the position of the agent taking Governor Connally's position in the car used in the reenactment and the position of President Kennedy to closely approximate the actual photograph made by the AP, Associated Press. This was then studied, the car in this position was then studied, from the Zapruder position, and was determined to be frame 255.
Mr. Specter.
Was an exhibit prepared then on frame 255?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
What Commission exhibit number is affixed to frame 255?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Exhibit No. 901.
Mr. Specter.
Does that have the same layout of Photographs and measurements as on frames 225, 222 and those which preceded them.
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; it has. It has the Zapruder photographs, the matching reenactment photograph, and the photograph through the rifle scope along with the measurements and the angles.
Mr. Specter.
On the AP Photograph shown on Commission Exhibit No. 900, what reaction, if any, do you observe by the Secret Service agents on the followup car?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
The Secret Service agents on the right-hand side of the
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