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It All Started with Zapruder: Everyman Wants to Be a Hero!

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24.04.2026

Unlike Zapruder, when we have our ‘cells’ with us, we aren’t planning any photos, there just aren’t any phone booths!

In 1963, Abraham Zapruder wasn’t a hero, but he had something everyone wanted – footage!

A private citizen with a Business across from the School Book Depository, Abe Zapruder shot JFK’s motorcade passing through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 & unwittingly captured the President’s assassination.

Holding an 8 millimeter Bell & Howell movie camera, Model 414 PS Zoomatic Director Series, he stood on a concrete pedestal being held steadily there by his secretary.

You see, in those days people took the occasional silent home movie & vacation memories for fun – not to shoot ’em for evidence. haha

But, because of........

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