Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film
Title:
Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film
Author:
Zapruder, Alexandra, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Twelve, 2016.
©2016
Physical Description:
viii, 472 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly colored illustrations ; 24 cm
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.--
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9781455574810
Format :
Book
