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JFK's Death On November 22, 1963, one of the most controversial assassinations happened to one of the greatest leaders in America, by Jack Ruby's mafia, with the assistance of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that committed the act of treason, in the murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). There is hard evidence supporting the cover up and scandal involved with his assassination. Due to the confiscation of …show more content…

This historical film captures each shot fired upon JFK and Governor Connelly. Immediately following the assassination, Zapruder was forced by Dallas secret services to have three copies of the film made. Two copies were released to Dallas secret services, and then forwarded to secret service investigators in Washington. The third copy, Zapruder and his assistant Sitzman Waltz, sold to Life Magazine for one hundred fifty thousand dollars ("John Kennedy" 1). There are justifiable claims that the original Zapruder film was altered by an outside source. Images taken at the time of the assassination contradict what the Zapruder film shows. Life Magazine's photographer Frank Cancellare was also present at the grassy knoll during the time of the assassination. He captured a picture of the motorcade leaving Elm Street right after the third shot was fired. When enlarged, Cancellare's picture clearly shows a man in the back of a pick-up truck on Commerce Street, directly east of Elm Street. In this picture it shows a man sitting in the back of the bed with some sort of cargo in his hands. Compared to the Zapruder film the man has "disappeared", showing the bed to be covered (Reitzes 51-54). Other controversial evidence questions whether Zapruder was even able to film the assassination. Five other pictures taken at different times show,

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