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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 151« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)

Mr. Specter.
Is the car in the same position on "photograph through rifle scope" and "photograph from reenactment" on that exhibit?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
Is the car in the same position, as closely as you could make it, on the "photograph from reenactment" and "photograph from Zapruder film"?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
Will you now read the statistical data from that exhibit?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. Distance from the chalk mark on the back of the stand-in for the President to the station C is 136.6 feet.
Distance to rifle in the window is 174.9 feet. The angle to the rifle in the window based on the horizontal is 21°50. The distance to the overpass is 350.9 feet, and the angle to the overpass is 0°12'.
This is on frame 207, Commission Exhibit No. 892.
Mr. Specter.
Was an adjustment made on that position for the heights of the automobiles?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
What was the adjusted frame for the first view that the marksman had of the President's stand-in coming out from under the tree?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is frame 210 and has been marked as Commission Exhibit No. 893 and represents the 10-inch adjustment for the difference in the height of the car as compared with frame 207.
Mr. Specter.
Is the layout of frame 210 exactly the same as that for frames 207 and 185 that you have already testified about?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Specter.
In viewing the films on the frames preceding 210, what was President Kennedy doing?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
He is waving to the crowd, and in some frames it is obvious that he is smiling, you can actually see a happy expression on his face and his hand----
Mr. Dulles.
Which way is he turning, to the left or to the right?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
He is looking toward the crowd to his right during most of that area, he is looking slightly to his right. His arm is up on the side of the car and his hand is in a wave, in approximately this position and he appears to be smiling.
Mr. Specter.
What is the latest frame count where, to your eye, it appears that he is showing no reaction to any possible shot?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Approximately--I would like to explain a little bit, that at frames in the vicinity of 200 to 210 he is obviously still waving, and there is no marked change.
In the area from approximately 200 to 205 he is still, his hand is still in a waving position, he is still turned slightly toward the crowd, and there has been no change in his position that would signify anything occurring unusual. I see nothing in the frames to arouse my suspicion about his movements, up through in the areas from 200 on and as he disappears behind the signboard, there is no change.
Now, 205 is the last frame, 205 and 206 are the last frames where we see any of his, where we see the cuff of his coat showing above the signboard indicating his hand is still up generally in a wave.
From there on the frames are too blurry as his head disappears you can't really see any expression on his face. You can't see any change. It is all consistent as he moves in behind the signboard.
Mr. Specter.
When you say "signboard" what do you mean by that, Mr. Shaneyfelt?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
I refer to the sign that is between the photographer, Mr. Zapruder, and the Presidential car.
Representative Ford.
Not any sign post between the rifleman and the President?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
No; this is a sign between the cameraman and the President. So that we are unable to see his reaction, if any.
Mr. Specter.
What is the frame at which Governor Connally first emerges from behind the sign you just decribed?
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