TDW 1693 - Home Movie That Shocked The World
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here today
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I want to talk about an event that
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changed one man's
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life forever it's my second channel
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daily Vlog channel
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it's the daily woo wonderful day okay
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you too have a good one thank
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you it is much easier to navigate around
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cities by using rides instead of trying
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to bring the RV down here it would have
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been an early warning just like this
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over 50 years ago that he arrived to
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work here at the Dal Tex building his
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office was on the fourth floor so 1 2 3
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right up there as he walked in the door
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towards the elevators he had no idea how
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the rest of the day would
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unfold did he stand at this railing
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looking down
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before wandering
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into his
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office he was a clothing manufacturer
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and this is where the base of operation
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was of what he was known for till that
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moment his name Abraham zaber even
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though that is what he did for a living
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he had a hobby of making movies but
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little did he know that shortly after
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noon walking out those doors on November
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22nd
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1963 he would be documenting the most
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famous home movie in history originally
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he left his camera at home because it
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was too overcast he thought I'm probably
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not even going to be able to get any
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good footage his secretary convinced him
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to go back to his home grab the camera
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and come down here and film it the
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streets were lined with people he made
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his way down this very sidewalk into de
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Plaza after a quick survey of the
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landscape on where he could stand to get
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the best angle of this event three or
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four places came to mind but he
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ultimately decided on this spot right
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here since the rain had cleared up and
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he had his camera in hand it's a good
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thing that he opted not to film like
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originally had planned from his fourth
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floor window but instead on top of what
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is now referred to as the grassy null
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with the help of his secretary Marilyn
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szan he climbed and stood right there to
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get the best possible angle of the
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presidential motorcade now I myself of
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course make videos and I have that
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mindset as well where can I stand what
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angle can I get to best document and
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experience and I must say like him I
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would have also chosen that exact spot I
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would have walked up the hill walked up
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these three stairs placed my hands and
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legs on the side of this structure and
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stood in this very spot as
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well I'm not going to
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lie I just got some chills just
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then
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and by him choosing that location he was
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the closest photog
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photographer to
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document that moment over the last half
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a century there have been a multitude of
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movies documentaries interviews
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newspaper articles books written on the
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subject of what happened that day there
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is nothing that I can add that has not
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already been said but as I stand here
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next to the triple overpass that car
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going in the same direction that
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Kennedy's vehicle did that famous photo
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taking off towards the hospital I cannot
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help think about the other theories that
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people have like the one of a shooter
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behind this fence line some have even
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formulated the opinion that someone was
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inside this
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manhole shooting that way and others
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have said the gentleman who was standing
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here at that moment with a huge umbrella
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somehow had something to do with it
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truth be told we will never know the
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answer but what I do know is Mr Zer
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stood right there and documented the
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entire experience those 486 teeny frames
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of film only
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26.6 seconds was shot right there 65 ft
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from the spot of impact and this has
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gone on to be the most invested at the
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most watched the most Columbo like
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research skills have been done on this
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half a minute of documented camera
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footage than has ever been done on
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anything ever recorded once again I have
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climbed back up here just to give you a
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perspective of the exact angle in real
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time of that moment in history
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a few things have
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changed like the light poles are in
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different areas the big sign
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here is no longer there and right as
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John F Kennedy in his car pass that
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sign was the
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first
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moment when a bullet
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struck
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designated by this X on the ground there
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the car continued on this
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way and the
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shot heard around the world if you will
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happened right there one thing people
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are confused about are these monuments
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here all along Del Plaza these were not
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erected after the death of President
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John F Kennedy these were here back in
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1963 1963 this is a 1963 paper yes sir
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there's Johnson there Johns that's all
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the issue this is all the information of
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what happened everything that's the
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journal that's two sets are you selling
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these or giving these away that's aell
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that's a sell that's that's a donation
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of $20 for $ I don't have anywhere to
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carry it but thank you I arrived a
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little early because I knew I would have
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the whole place to myself as the day
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progresses people start to congregate
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out here you know having paraphernalia
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selling things you're giving their
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opinion and whatnot and I know later in
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the day this place will be bustling with
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activity and I wanted to get the shots
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before before it got too hectic the
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early bird gets the worm if you
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will sometimes pays off over the years
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people have written remarks and comments
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All Along the back of the fence line and
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carve things into these
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going back to your office next to the
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Book Depository and watching that must
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have been completely gut-wrenching in
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fact it has been said and written that
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Mr zuder was beside himself the rest of
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his life because of that
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tragic event that he documented in fact
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he never filmed anything else again
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because it was too painful for him to
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pick the camera up and look through the
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viewfinder we as a society become very
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desensitized especially when you see
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something over and over and over and
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over especially after that many years
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but imagine back put yourself in that
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position if you will of being here on
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that day not only was a president's life
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taken but a man's life just like you or
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I without
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notice taken from this Earth in that
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spot and those that watched all along
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the Route standing along the ground
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had to witness that
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firsthand and the
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gentleman on that platform had to live
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the rest of his days knowing that he was
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the one that showed the world originally
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he only wanted the film to be used for
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investigation purposes he was left with
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the original copy the government made a
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couple copies for themselves but this
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was quite the story and once the
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journalists newsmen and reporters found
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found out he had it they came knocking
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on his door but back to the early bird
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gets the worm Theory there was one
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gentleman from Time magazine that showed
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up considerably early to the meeting he
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arrived more than a full hour before the
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allotted time frame and there just so
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happened to be two investigators there
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and they were about to watch theer's
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film for the very first time as they
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watched through his lens from where he
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was standing on that structure right
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across the
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street it has been said that the moment
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they saw the bullet hit JFK's head all
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of them gasped out loud and just imagine
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the amount of times he watched that clip
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over and over not only in his head but
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on that clip that he
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filmed traumatizing so overwhelming in
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fact and when you add in the fact that
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other reporters were then showing up
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yelling and screaming beating on the
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closed door he said to Time Magazine you
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know what the
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footage is
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yours at the top of the hill are written
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out words that were going to be in his
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speech at the Dallas trademark building
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the day he was shot he never got to say
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them but it says for all time the
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ancient vision of peace on Earth and
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Good Will towards men must always be our
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goal I think this gentleman is trying to
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explain the theory of the
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manhole to these guys I think that's
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what's going on it should also be noted
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that Abraham's film was not the only
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documentation in video form of this
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event but his was the clearest longest
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and closest this is definitely a high
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traffic spot for tourists in fact some
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buses have
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arrived and a lot of people are showing
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up to get
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pictures of the location but it's
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amazing to me how many people neglect or
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don't even know
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about this there is now a museum up
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there at the top of the former Texas
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School Book Depository building someone
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has circled a specific word there for
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some for some reason I just bought my
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ticket to the sixth floor Museum located
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up there there's a little gift shop here
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that also has coffee and I got yelled at
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for trying to film a postcard true story
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and they were saying that I'm not
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allowed to shoot any video upstairs as
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well okay I'm going up finishing my
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coffee heading up the elevator and I
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have to turn my phone off off that's
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what they told me I'm currently on the
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seventh floor of the former Book
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Depository on the sixth floor you are
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not allowed to film and they are very
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adamant about that fact however if you
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come up to the seventh floor they will
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let you take pictures and film so I'm
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basically just a few feet eight feet
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maybe 10t above the
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window that the shots rang out from and
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this would be the
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angle pretty incredible to be standing
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in this spot when I was one floor
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down the museum is incredible it's
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absolutely worth the price of admission
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to check out very overwhelming the
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artifacts and information they have in
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there this it just blows my mind there's
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a girl down there standing on the X
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as we speak she's taking a
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selfie where John F Kennedy was
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killed wow check this out this is also
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on the seventh floor so I'm allowed to
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document this this picture of JFK and
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Jackie if you look very closely there's
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something interesting in the artwork it
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is made up of a bunch of tiny
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photographs of his wife and you pan
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out that's pretty cool very cool and the
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same goes for her she's made up of her
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husband pretty interesting I have to say
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highly recommend if you're ever in
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Dallas check out the sixth floor Museum
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awesome but do not attempt to film they
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will yell at you my recommendation go to
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the seventh floor you kind of get the
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same perspective Z Brer did many
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interviews after that day and each and
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every one of them was filled with
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emotion and a few of them he even
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started crying during because it was
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such an intense moment in his life and
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you really have to let that sink in and
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just imagine what it was like to be
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standing here witnessing it in real
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life can't even imagine that scene has
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been shown so many times it almost feels
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like a movie or a television show or
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fiction but it's not it really happened
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right there this here's what they don't
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show you when he turn the corner up
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there I get in see that man right there
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on the fire the second went open yeah
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that's the moment he grabs his throat
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when he turns the corner they took the
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fire escape signed down 7 days later oh
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really freeway sign 8T from out here
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where it was at yeah right over there
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this the reason they took that down
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right
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here the umbrella man y umbrella man you
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I've heard of here in here that's where
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he's already been shot so you would have
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raised the some people are either really
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passionate about this event or trying to
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make a buck you also must remember that
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back then it was rare to own a video
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camera unless you were news media or
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very wealthy not like today where we all
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have cameras on our phones the times
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have definitely changed it should exit
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down but it came out of his throat
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that's his neck at his neck his way up
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here looking at where he was before he
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was shot he moved so suddenly her eyes
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couldn't follow the movement you're
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saying the shooter was here behind The
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Pick of 10 8 ft west of the Court check
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out that old classic car over there
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that's pretty cool and I'm here with
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Robert gloen on the Drass the man that
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wrote the movie JFK the Kevin Coster
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movie played four parts in it himself
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but more importantly he served on every
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single investigation that the government
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has ever done on this no one else in the
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world sure more than one we didn't get
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to see the fluidity of the film until he
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showed it in
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1975 and um 18.3 frames per second and
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the first one hit the president
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in it was a downward angle came out of
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his back with a hole back here four
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times the size of the entrance again
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entrance wounds to make little holes
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about the size of a bullet ex WS make
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bigger holes in fact never in the
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history of Firepower on a rifle bullet
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has a bullet gone into a body made a big
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hole going in and little hole pop out
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the other side it doesn't work school
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with all
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the here's the first shot right here do
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you remember when it happened yeah I do
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even as a little kid yeah well I was
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cathol JFK was
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cath I bet it's pretty puzzling to Uber
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drivers when you request to be dropped
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off of the
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cemetery but that's what happened you
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happen to know where the Zer grave is
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Abraham's the Brer I tell you who will
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right in there that's the office and
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Jeff is in there Jeff's in there Jeff
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that's his name I'll go ask him it's it
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may be here somewhere all right go ask
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him okay thank
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you laid to rest here next to his
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wife is Mr
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Zer born on May 15th 19
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1905 he passed away just 7
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years after he filmed that now famous
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footage on August 30th
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1970 he was in the right place at the
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time you've done your
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duty and you of all people my friend can
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say
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