Abraham Zapruder

  • The Day of the Assasination

    The Day of the Assasination

    Abraham wakes up Friday morning to a call from his boss at the factory where he manufactured clothing. His boss said there is no need to come in today because of the parade of President Kennedy.
  • Abraham decides what to do.

    Abraham decides what to do.

    Since Abraham's boss at the factory called him off today he is trying to decide what to do with his day.
  • Getting His Camera Ready.

    Getting His Camera Ready.

    Abraham not thinking the whether was good enough to get a good shot was going to leave his camera at his office. His seceratry convinced him to bring it with him.
  • He Goes to Downtown

    He Goes to Downtown

    He decides that he can go downtown to film President Kennedy in the parade. He gets his camera ready.
  • Kennedy's Death

    Kennedy's Death

    Zapruder see's the motorcade heading towards him. He starts filming. A minute after Zapruder started filming President Kennedy got shot twice. Zapruder shouts "They killed him!"
  • FBI Gets Involved

    FBI Gets Involved

    The FBI gets Zapruder's video and studies it for evidence.
  • TIMES Magazine

    TIMES Magazine

    TIME Magazine buys Zapruders video for $150,000. Zapruder sells it under one condition, they only use the still pictures from the video.
  • Abraham Dies

    Abraham Dies

    Abraham dies of stomach cancer 7 years after the assasination of Kennedy.
  • Buying Back Film

    Buying Back Film

    Life Magazine sells back the video footage to Zapruder's family for 1 dollar. The family licensed the footage to several other sources.
  • Donate

    Donate

    The family later donates the film footage to The Sixth Floor museum in Dallas, Texas where Oswald shot Kennedy frrom.