Abraham Zapruder recorded a tragic moment in history when he captured President John F. Kennedy‘s assassination in full color on Nov. 22, 1963. Fifty-three years later, granddaughter Alexandra ...

When she began to research her grandfather's famous film of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Alexandra Zapruder confronted a family taboo topic. A Dallas businessman and dressmaker, ...

A Pekin, Illinois, native's polite Midwestern manners helped secure what has been called the most famous 26 seconds in celluloid history: the Zapruder film of President John F. Kennedy's assassination ...

It used to be said that every American could remember where he or she was when they heard the news that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Today, it’s official that no one under 50 can, or ever ...

The idea of citizen journalism is fairly familiar these days. We’re used to seeing video footage on the news shot by someone with a smartphone. But one of the first, prominent such instances is the ...

Dick Stolley, the legendary journalist who landed the Zapruder film of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for Life magazine and who went on to launch People magazine, has died. Stolley died ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Film still from Abraham Zapruder's home movie of JFK's assassination in ...

Abraham Zapruder was a home-movie hobbyist and a staunch John F. Kennedy supporter. On Nov. 22, 1963, the Dallas resident nabbed a prime spot from which to view the visiting president’s motorcade. His ...

Abraham Zapruder in his office at Jennifer Juniors, late 1960s, from Alexandra Zapruder's book “Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film.” (Zapruder Family/Hachette Book Group ) ...

One frame of the Zapruder film has long been considered too graphic for public view. Zapruder Film © 1967 (Renewed 1995) The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza It ...

Now, more than 50 years later, the film is possibly the most iconic video in American history, and Zapruder’s granddaughter, Alexandra Zapruder, has written a book about her family’s connection to ...