Zapruder

Abraham Zapruder

By 17johnd
  • Period: to

    cold war

  • Company

    Company
    I am a co-owner of a women's clothing company. The company name is Jennifer juniors, inc.

  • Watching drive by

    Watching drive by
    Other employees and I went outside to watch president Kennedy drive by. I forgot my camera but one of my employees got it for me that morning.

  • Assassination

    Assassination
    I was filming the drive by as I was watching and then herd a gun shot and saw the president grab his chest.

  • Zapruder film

    copy's were made of my film, and I made a deal with LIFE magazine for the print rights. Zapruder film

  • interviews

    interviews
    I was interviewed many times to give my side on the assassination of Kennedy. Since I was the one that took the video I had a lot of interviews.

  • donated

    donated
    I donated the first payment of $25,000 to the wife of the police officer that died.

  • camera

    camera
    Even though I took the most famous home movie of all time, i was not a professional film maker. My real work was in the dress game.I did not even have the best camera.

  • Money

    Money
    At first I didn't even want to take my camera with me to the drive by. I am very lucky i did because i made a lot of money with the film.

  • trial

    trial
    I was Brought to a trial as a witness for the trial of Clay Shaw. They thought that Clay Shaw was a co-conspirator of the assassination of Kennedy. Shaw was found not Guilty.

  • Death

    Death
    Abraham Zapruder died of cancer. He was 66 years old.