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Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film  Cover Image Book Book

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

Summary:

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.-- $c Adapted from book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781455574810 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1455574813 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: viii, 472 pages : chiefly colored illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Twelve, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Assassination.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > In motion pictures.
Zapruder, Abraham.
Amateur films > Texas > Dallas > History > 20th century.
Memory > Political aspects > United States.
Motion pictures and history.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Abington Community Library 92 ZAPRUDE (Text) 50687011491225 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 ZAPRUDE (Text) 50686015198919 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 92 ZAPRUDE (Text) 50686015198935 Main Floor Available -


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