Abraham Zapruder
1905 - 1970
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Quotes
Biography
Abraham Zapruder was a Ukrainian-born American clothing manufacturer who became a key figure in history due to his 26-second home movie of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The 8mm film captured the tragic event on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and provided valuable evidence for the investigation. Zapruder sold the rights to the film to Life magazine, which published stills and frames, making them widely known and essential to understanding the sequence of events that day.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
I would have never believed it if I didn't have the film.
2
As far as my rights go, I am only interested in one right... and that's the right to keep people from mutilating or destroying that film.
3
I was so close to Kennedy I could have touched him with my hand.
4
Nobody wants to see his face blown off. Nobody.
5
I'm sure of only one thing: if Jack Ruby had missed, my film would have shown it.