Chris Davidson

Steve, Is this the Mauser you're talking about? Or did the newsmen have it wrong? chris

Chuck, A couple of photos from Robin I believe, showing the top of the front seat, if helpful. 313 is too blurry. Here's a couple of 312's from different version's. chris

Thanks Jack, Add JFK moving forward in sync with Kellerman. chris

This segment is 30 frames, stabilized and run's at approx. 18 FPS. Watch the movement ( direction) of Greer's white shirt and his right hand on the steering wheel. He braces himself and brakes hard. imo chris

Thomas, Altgen's testimony doesn't describe the (1st head shot). He only deals with the last shot (2nd head shot), the one closest to him. Why? Mr. ALTGENS - Well, it sounded like it was coming up from behind the car from my position--I mean the first shot, and being fireworks--who counts fireworks explosions? I wasn't keeping track of the number of pops that took place, but I could vouch for No. 1, and I can vouch for the last shot, but I cannot tell you how many shots were in between. There was not another shot fired after the President was struck in the head. That was the last shot--that much I will say with a great degree of certainty. Mr. LIEBELER - So, it is clear from your testimony that the third shot--the last shot, rather--hit the President? Mr. ALTGENS - Well, off and on we have been referring to the third shot and the fourth shot; but actually, it was the last shot, the shot did strike the President and there was no other sound like a shot that was made after that. I was just going to make a conclusion here, but that's not my place to do that, so I'll just forget it--what I was going to say. There was flesh particles that flew out of the side of his head in my direction from where I was standing. thanks chris

Maarten/John, When this animation gets to Maartens description of the splice/break/operator movement /whatever, I slow down and repeat that point. The picture included, is the camera movement between and including the frames up to that point. Which is 6 frames , then #7 has the big shift. Tina Towner is very steady in her filming, except for the frame that Maarten has pointed out. That shift is approx. (7) of her normal frame movements. chris

Thomas, I don't know what pops up and down behind the wall. As for the protrusion coming from the fence, I wonder if there was an opening at that spot. That object extends from the fence towards the gentleman approaching it. imo Take another look, I added one more frame and sharpened this version. As for the pool of liquid, there is someone I believe more interested in that pool, than the gentleman you pointed out. Briefly, to avoid any confusion: When I said I added one more frame, there are in fact 10 total frames for the policeman segment. I used the first 8, in my first posting. There is more camera movement in the last two, which was degrading the animation so I left them out. I just added frame 9 to this latest animation. Frame 10 useless. imo chris

The film clip was actually shot by WBAP-TV Jimmy Darnell. Thanks to Trygve V. Jensen and Gary Mack for correcting me. 2nd half of clip stabilized. chris

Thomas, This clip contains 2 parts. The footage I am showing was filmed by a local cameraman sometime prior to 12:39, according to Trask's POTP. ??? The second part where the park bench and more of the crowd are shown, is from Couch. Also according to Trask. ??? STRANGE In reality, the part that I show is 8 frames. The whole clip is 18 frames. Someone filmed approx 1/2 second for each clip. If approx 18 FPS Interesting chris

Part of Malcolm Couch's film, stabilized and contrasted somewhat. What appears and disappears? Would these area's be of interest to other's? Miles/Duncan chris

Mark, That's from Gordon Smith. Make-up artist. chris

Lee, Send it to: chris@3125.us I'll see if I can post it for you. chris

I wouldn't rule that out with the likes of Greer and Kellerman. FWIW I consider the Z-film totally unreliable. I think Time-Life had it for too long to trust it, and trying to make forensic sense of it can only cause confusion. Plus, as you noted Gil, it does not show the right rear of the head exploding as everyone at Parkland described, it shows the right front opening up like a trap door. I assume there were many alterations made for many reasons, and altering the head wound to match the altered autopsy photo is one reason. This film would never be admissible in court what with the fractured chain of possession. Almost nothing we have to work with would be admissible for the same reason. One thing that does confuse me about the Z-film though is that I've heard that Robert Groden got a first generation copy. Is that true? If so: why didn't we see it before Time-Life released it? And why don't we see different versions (one altered and one not)? When Groden showed it for the first time on TV on Geraldo, was it supposedly his own first generation copy or a Time-Life copy? Myra, On Groden's "Assassination Films II" DVD, there is a copy of the Z film with no splices, which Groden says was made before Time/Life damaged it. The difference is the 2 splices. chris

Is this the one? If so, do want it enlarged, even more? chris

Miles, Enlargement of the Moorman photo Robin supplied us. If you need a different crop, etc. etc. etc, just ask. chris

Chris, Here's another view... Your opinion? Has the sign been moved? Miles Miles, I have no idea. It would be better to ask someone with extensive first hand knowledge of the changes. Which is not me. Just threw the sign position aspect in, to make sure we're covering as many bases as possible. chris

Chris, Jean Hill and Mary Moorman both believed the first shot was the head shot. 8 1/2 seconds after the head shot the limousine was near the underpass. Pat, Supplied is the audio interview of Jean Hill at approx. 50 minutes after the shooting. Her earliest interview I'm aware of. Her description of the first two shots and JFK's reaction to them, is what we see as the limo appears from behind the Stemmons Sign. imo Yet, she says this happens as the limo is even with her. Contradicts what is seen on Z film. imo chris

Miles/Duncan Do you know when the Ft.Worth sign was replaced, and was it moved from its' 1963 spot. Some more pictures from the Holland/Lane interview. chris

POTP by Trask: page 373-374 Dave Wiegman speaking: "I figured he knows something's up there, so I ran up there. I found myself there with Lem Johns close by, a few feet away. Then I saw the people lying on the side, and I saw nothing up there on the slope. Lem was sort of looking around." " When I came back down the hill Lem Johns didn't have a ride and I said, Come on, get in our car. Here it is,' and he jumped in our car." Trask: page 374 Lem is not in Bell's movie while Bell is filming Wiegman on the slope. Lem is not at the bottom of the slope in Couch's movie. Lem is not in Wiegman's footage. Lem is not in Atkins movie of Wiegman running to catch cameracar1. Lem is not the man who jumps onto the trunk of cameracar 1, that is Tom Craven. And he isn't in cameracar 1 according to the headcount from the Dillard photo or the photo itself. Lem is not in any of the Dealy Plaza aftermath photos, movies, paintings, etc.etc.etc. Where is Lem Johns? Here's his picture again, hopefully we can find him. chris

Question to Jean Hill: Q: Any other reactions form the other people in the motorcae, that you recall? A: The motorcade was stunned after the first two shots, and it came to a momentary halt, and about that time 4 more uh, 3 to 4 more shots again rang out, and I guess it just didn't register with me. Mary was uh had gotten down on the ground and was pulling at my leg, saying "Get , get down, they're shooting, get down, they're shooting; and I didn't even realize it. And I just kept sitting there looking. And uh uh just about that time, well, of course, some of the motorcycles pulled away. And some of them pulled over to the side and started running up the bank; there's a hill on the other side (she is interrupted) Listen to the audio!!! I say Jean Hill pretty much nails it. First 2 shots- approx. 1.5 seconds apart. Approx. 6 second interval-Limo slowing then stopping. 2 more shots approx. 7/10 second apart. As usual, Thanks for supplying the interview Bernice. chris

Miles, Just a guess, but taking the car dimensions in these photo's into consideration, I'd say around 25 ft. The car on Lane's left is perpendicular to the fence, say about 15 ft long. Add a few feet for distance between fence and car. They pass between the last two cars closest to the fence, car width 5 ft. Add a few feet for distance between cars. chris

Trask quote: A man is running in the street, probably Secret Service Agent Lem Johns who had jumped out of his own vehicle and who now physically vaults over the trunk into Camera Car 2, which is beginning to pull out on the left around Camera Car 1. Trask: Page 426 Time to count heads. Cameracar1 starts with 2 men atop the seats as we see earlier. Wiegman joins which makes 3. Craven makes 4. And Atkins is 5. Where is Lem Johns? Wiegman says Lem jumped in his car. Craven says they grabbed at Lem as he jumped in the car. Trask says Lem jumped into cameracar2. chris

Tom Craven quote: I recall Lem Johns running and sort of vaulting from the street over the trunk and us grabbing at him." Trask: page 375 Tom Craven is getting ready to jump on the trunk and into cameracar 1. Tom Atkin's is closing in. chris

James, That's Tom Atkin's closing in. You're about one posting ahead of me. Hold on. thanks chris

Tom Craven and Tom Atkin's follow Wiegman, who are all running after cameracar 1. chris