Chris Bristow

Steven, you said "The possibility that a Lincoln Continental would have an exposed "indented screw" as part of the upholstery and that the driver's and passenger's doors would be so obviously asymmetrical as to this feature is inconceivable to me."
   What seems inconceivable is installing a rivet on the passenger side but not on the drivers side. If your mark is a bullet hole where is the rivet on for the driver side?
 

The non symmetry of the rivets is a bit strange but if the mark on the driver door is from a bullet then there is no corresponding rivet on the driver door at all!

One mistake Files made was he said the Stemmons sign was about to cut of his field of view and so he "had to take the shot". Of course the headshot came 5 seconds after Kennedy passed the sign, even earlier from Files position. It could not be any other sign as the Ft Worth sign blocked his view several seconds after the headshot. It could only have been the tree on his right. Surprising that such a crucial part of his decision involved that last chance to shoot but he remembers it  wrong. 
  He exchanged a cordial letter with a member of the 'family' while in jail, that tells me he did not make it all up. I would think if he falsely implicated Roselli and others he would not be in good favor with the family.
I think the basic story could be true but when it comes to filling in for Roselli as a shooter, he may have added that so he could be billed as the guy who shot Kennedy. It is possible he had someone plant the shell casing with the tooth mark.
 One other thing bothers me. Don't mob hits use professional hit men? People who can not be directly tied to the family. People who come in just to be the gunman, then disappear with no connections? In this case the gunman were also the front team, the same people who were driving around the town days before, visiting the plaza. I thought big hits like the president would not be played so loose. Maybe that is just Hollywood?
One more question. I heard a discussion about whether Oswald drove or had a license but Files said Oswald drove a Blue Falcon to his motel room. Has anyone found a Blue Ford Falcon connected to Oswald.

Many of the witnesses said the limo stopped 'or almost stopped'. they were fairly consistent with that caveat which I think adds to their credibility. When you see a car moving very slowly from a distance it takes a second to recognize the motion. So at first we might think it is stopped, then after a second we see motion. if it is barely moving we might be unsure of our perception. Did my head shake or maybe background movement made it look like the limo moved. the fact so many witnesses were not sure if it was going very slow or if it stopped is consistent with seeing a slow moving car from a distance.

I wanted to make comparisons between Oswald's pupillary distance in his mug shot vs the backyard photos. So I thought I could skip matching the size of the two by using the photos from the last Dartmouth study of Oswald's chin.
Well those two photos have some problems. You can match the height or the width but not both. There is a mismatch of about 15% to 18%. Here is a short slideshow comparing Oswald facial dimensions. Comparing Oswald height and width and pupillary distance in his mug shot shows it is inconsistent with the backyard image. While the width of the mug shot (ear to ear) is within a 6% of the backyard image, the mug shot face is 15% taller.
The structure of the backyard image with its narrow P.D. and wide face looks very similar to the photo of the Oswald impersonator from the Mexico consulate. The shape of the narrow brow and the wide cheeks looks very similar to me.

https://youtu.be/4IYlhF5vjiI

Did the SS ever make an attempt to identify those two agents? The explanation for their presence is that a call went out to off duty agents of many agencies to provide extra security that day. So there was no official SS presence on the ground in Dealey Plaza just unnamed volunteers. The SS could have determined which of their agents was there simply by asking all of them so why do we not have witness statements from these two. First hand accounts of the assassination and closest to the knoll. Two people claim to be SS you would think the agency would want to verify who they were.

To me the backyard face looks like it has very narrow set eyes based on the brow structure when compared with Oswald's mug shot. So to compare them, without having to match there size myself, I used the photos from the Dartmouth website in which they examined the light falling on Oswald's chin.
After tweeking the contrast the backyard photo showed the pupil of his left eye. So allowing for the slight rotation of his head and adding another millimeter because Oswald's right eye is one mm wider than the left, the backyard man's pupillary distance came out to about 57 while the mugshot PD is about 67. That is a huge difference, the full range of the male PD's is only about 15 mm(As an Optician I have measured over 20,00 patients pupillary measurements))
But here is the twist, those two photos seemed to be sized well if you only look at the width, although the mug shot was about 6% wider. But when you place those images side by side they are not even close. The mug shot face is more than 13% larger.
It seems the backyard photo has a head that is much wider than the mughshot. You can size the photos to match in width or height but not both. I have some comparison photos but I can only upload 975 bytes.

Would a slower frame rate be needed in this case? It seems the extra frame and the fact there is only 3 inches of movement in it would explain the slowing of the limo without a change in frame rate.

Chris, ya. I think the 'french' version was not fully interlaced because over 15 frames or so I only found one frame inconsistent with the official Zapruder frames. I would guess they used the interlacing program to make a single frame at 312 to create the effect of the limo stopping. Since the interlaced frame did not split the action evenly between 312 and 313(The interlaced frame advances the limo only 3 to 4 inches) it made the limo appear to almost halt for that frame. Plus adding a frame there makes the limo take two frames to advance from the 312 position to the 313 position and effectively cut the limo speed in half.

James E., there is a link to the "French version" video in the first post above. Although they claim it is the French version it does not contain the long stop or any of the other things claimed by Dellarosa. Seeing that a frame rate conversion could create the additional frame puts a cloud over the French version before it has even surfaced.

Michael, I already have the Frames from the Costello site and I already know there is no 312a in it, as I stated in my first post. I am also not disagreeing with your opinion about it being the result of changing to a higher frame rate. I found an explanation online about how the extra frames are created and it explains 312a.

I just got my answer online. There must be some artifacts to find in 312a.

I was wondering if it can explain frame 350. It is not an extra frame though.

I have always been confused about the higher frame rate. If the camera recored at 18.6 then the image at 312 would be 1/18 of a second before 313. What I don't understand is where the information came from that would show the limo in a position between those frames. I would think the shutter was closed in between and would not record Hargis in a position farther past other objects in the frame like Mary Moorman. I guess what I don't get is how objects within the frame change relative to each other if the position occurred while the shutter was closed.

What is billed as the French copy of the Z film has some interesting differences from the official WC version of the Z film. It does not have a chain of evidence and could just be a hoax. It would not be hard to take existing frames and alter them to make this extra frame 312a. Here is frame 312a and a link to the French version on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/gMMNq99JQ4E?list=FLs5NVkPUrBDPE3U03TTXkmg

Here is a Video I did on frame 312a
https://youtu.be/jHHh6l9gpGw

Here is frame 312a




Two things you will see in 312a is the position of the limo and officer Hargis demonstrate that this frame comes after 312 and before 313. you will also see in 312a the limo only advances about 4 inches which makes the limo appear to stop for a brief second. The second thing you will see is Kennedy's head tucks downward just before the head shot(The head tuck in 312a represents about one third of the total head tuck in by 313. The head tuck is hard to see due to blood spay).

Another more subtle difference exist in frame 350. The blurred curb that occurs in some frames is considered to be 'in camera' motion blur. The oddity is that it exists in the French copy but not in the official version. But the strangest difference is the yellow portion of curb. From frame 349 to 350 all of the background, witness's, grass, and curbing move left as the camera pans right. But the yellow portion of the curb remains in place from 349 to 350!!. It has been said that the yellow portion is just missing due to compression loss. However the gradient edge of the yellow image looks exactly like the edge in 349 which is in its correct position and is considered authentic. A compression loss is a square block of pixels not a gradient change. Secondly the portion of curb where the yellow is missing in frame 350 still shows the curb underneath. There is a shaded area extending past the gradient edge of yellow curb. It extends about 5 inches to the seam between curb sections(you may need to look at a higher resolution image to see it). Not only does that indicate that the data for that section was not lost, it shows the shaded area and the curb seam to be in position related to 349 not 350. By frame 351 the yellow curb jumps ahead a distance equal to two frames and becomes consistent with frame 351 of the official copy

Here is a comp of frame 349 and 350

This is a recreation of the event.

Ever notice how large Hill's right hand looks in that frame? So what is up with the Windshield image?

Yes that is frame 17, Chaney can be seen just to the right of the image. In that frame no other cop has entered yet. I mistook the image for Chaney when trying to measure where his front wheel would be, that was before I realized it was a stationary image that never moved off her.
To verify it was other than a bike cop I started at around frame 42 where you can fully identify all the cops by their movement, then ran the frames backwards to frame 17.
It is frustrating that the image is so small and does not show the chin strap in many versions. But the image I posted at the top of the thread has such a strong similarity to the actual image of Chaney i.e. the shape of the helmets dome, the chin strap and leather collar , that even if it is not reproduced in most other copies, I still find it remarkable, not to mention Chaney's image finds and merges with it. That is one hell of a pair of coincidences

Chris, I see parts of the image but there is a red splotch in the face and chin strap area I think may be from enhancement. Every enhanced version I see blends the face and black strap into a single reddish image. I tried to upload a high quality version of the frame I posted the other day but it is too large to load well. Here is the website http://hdblenner.com/nixframes.htm. It is frame 17# that best shows the chin strap
Here is a frame from M. K. Davis. No officer has entered the frame yet.
I added some saturation, contrast and exposure to the M.K image. The full outline of the helmet is visible, even the top and the whiter color of the helmet is visible, however the chin strap and face is just a red blotch. The front of the helmet can look as if it is the shadow of Newman's arm against her side but it is too far in to match her body. In this enhanced version the face is also obscured by a reddish blotch.

Robin, thanks for the input on this thing. The first frame you show is the frame where the lead cop(You have labeled Hargis) has merged with the image. That is frame 19 in the set I have. I believe the cop labeled Hargis in the top photo is actually Chaney. In your second photo, three frames later, have you have labeled the second cop from the right as Martin. Does the label refer to the the helmet directly above the label or the front wheel just above it? I believe that front wheel has to be Martin's as it is the second bike to enter on the camera side of the limo. That means the order of cops in the second photo from left to right should be Chaney, Hargis, Hargood.
I have posted 5 consecutive frames from 18 thru 22
The first frame below is 18 and shows Chaney about to merge with the image on Newman's blouse.

The second is frame, 19, it shows Chaney merging with the Newman image and Hargood can be see to the right as he enters the frame.
The 3rd photo is frame 20 and shows Chaney and Hargood with a trace of the blouse image in between them. Hargis's front wheel has just emerged past Moorman.

Skip to the last frame, 22, and you can see Hargis's helmet emerging from behind Moorman's head. Hargis is too low in the photo to have come in contact with the Newman blouse image above it. Directly below that you can see Martin's front wheel, his helmet is not visible yet.

Chris Davidson, Although the image is small and only well focused in one or two frames, it is visible from about the second frame(depending on which copy you use). Do you see the similarities of these two images?
By the way my video was rather confusing, I was not clear about it. the video has been reworded to clearly make its point

Chris, yes just enlarged it to see better(old browser) and the image is there. I have looked at several versions and found it in all of them. Some files enlarge better than other smaller ones and that seems more important than enhancing with this image.

NOTE: The yellow arrow on the far right is Chaney making his first entrance

There are two overlapping coincidences in the Nix film that, to me, seem implausible to say the least.
The image at top center is Chaney's face and helmet as he passes by(in front of) Mrs Newman's light colored blouse. Her blouse is the white image surrounding Chaney's helmet. The black blob below Chaney is Mary Moorman in the foreground.
The image on the top right is marked "Nobody" because although it looks just like a cops helmet with the dome, angled chinstrap and horizontal leather collar at its base, no officer has reached that position by that frame. The image that looks so much like Chaney is on her blouse in all the frames prior to Chaney or any other motor cop entering the picture! So it is marked "nobody"
Having that similar image on Newman's blouse can be a coincidence. Hey maybe she was wearing a Officer Chaney fan club shirt. But then when you watch Chaney's image ride right into and merge with the other image the coincidence gets harder to accept.
There is an alteration theory regarding the Z film, if I have it right, that states that after removing frames, witnesses in motion were reintroduced using single frame images to mask the broken movements that the removing of frames would cause. According to that theory Jean Hill is stationary because they used a single frame image, when she claimed she was waiving her arms.
Strong supporting evidence for this type of alteration would be finding the single frame that was duplicated from another location within the film. If they used a single frame from a different part of the film and it was not edited out of the film, it should be there.
Well it is possible the "Nobody" images is a single frame of Mrs Newman taken from the very moment Chaney was passing by. This would explain why the "Nobody image appears in her blouse long before Chaney arrives in frame. And secondly it explains why Chaney rides right into the image and replaces it.(That is the image/frame above center marked Chaney). So it makes me wonder about the odds here. Not only is this anomalous "nobody" image so close in size and shape, but then Chaney's image comes to occupy the exact same location as it. If you were shown the two images could you tell which one is the real cop? Thanks

I have a Youtube video available here. It includes the sequence of frames when Chaney approaches and merges with the Nobody image. https://youtu.be/btmKeIrpN5M

Kathy, i guess it would. The angle of the road changes relative to the frame. Even if you keep the frame level you still you have to start looking downward which would change the perspective.

Thanks Chris and Kathleen, it looks like several things are happening in that panorama. Parallax is causing the lamp post to change its left/right position relative to the background. The lamp post also changes its lean but unlike the Stemmons sign and xacto knife the background changes its tilt right along with the lamp post. In other words the lamp post and its background are consistent, unlike the pincushion corrected zapruder film and the xacto knife which develops a lean relative to the background. I think the tilting is related to vanishing point changes as you rotate to face an object that was off to the side.

One more note. Leaning the shaft forward, as he stated he did earlier in this thread, creates a lean that goes to the same side as costello's signpost which appears correct, Camera moves left, image leans right and visa versa. But the Stemmons sign leaned away from Zapruder, not towards him as the shaft does. Reverse that and you reverse the direction it leans, Camera left, image leans left and visa versa.