Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film / Alexandra Zapruder.

Author
Zapruder, Alexandra [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York ; Boston : Twelve, [2016]
Description
viii, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    The family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archive sources to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government, and arts community.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-456) and index.
    Contents
    • Prologue: Home movie
    • Assassination
    • Exposure
    • First glimpses
    • All rights to LIFE
    • Images in print
    • Mounting pressure
    • Court cases and bootlegs
    • LIFE's dilemma
    • The Eternal Frame and the endless debates
    • The floodgates open
    • JFK: The movie and the Assassination Records Act
    • To take or not to take the film
    • A final firestorm
    • Arbitration and resolution
    • Epilogue: Public and private legacy.
    Other title(s)
    • 26 seconds
    • Personal history of the Zapruder film
    ISBN
    • 9781455574810 ((hardcover))
    • 1455574813 ((hardcover))
    • 1455541699
    • 9781455541690
    LCCN
    2016025786
    OCLC
    945352724
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