Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret.

I'm your host, Jeff Crudell. Hi everyone and welcome back to the podcast.

Today's episode is episode 14 Zepruder Part 6.

Yes, I can't believe it. We ended up doing six parts to the Zepruder film. I know it was a big wander,

but I hope it was worth it. I know on my end it was. This is absolutely a fascinating

subject. You know, the Zepruder film has had a dual identity since the very beginning.

One, as a core and central piece of evidence in the JFK case, and then, of course, its place as a

commercial asset that made the Zepruder family rich

and incited all sorts of social, legal, and ethical controversies as a result of it.

It even managed to get itself positioned to be in potentially a landmark copyright case.

That's a full life for a 26-second film.

Well, at the end of Part 5, we left off just as the Zerbruder family was getting the film back

for a whopping $1.

It would be in their hands from 1975 all the way to 1999, and we'll tell the rest of the story in this final part of the Zepruder series, as the film makes its way back home.

So, without further ado, let's listen to Episode 14, Zepruder Part 6.

Life was acutely aware of the criticisms they were subjected to during the course of their ownership of the Sopruder film.

Criticisms over the fact that the film was not widely available for the public to see and for serious assassination researchers to view.

And so, as part of the overall deal to transfer the film,

Life donated to the federal government a set of 35 millimeter color transparency for each frame in the film.

These transparencies were made from the first-generation copy of the Zepruder film and thus were of the highest quality.

The Zeprooters agreed to this, provided that there was still limitations on seeing these as well.

The Zepruters needed assurances that this wouldn't impinge on the commercial value of their ownership.

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