(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)
Mr. Specter.
And what would be done during the course of those analytical sessions?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
In each case we would take the film and run it through regular speed, slow motion, we would stop it on individual frames and study it frame by frame, trying to see in the photographs anything that would give any indication of a shot hitting its mark, a reaction of the President, a reaction of Mr. Connally or Mrs. Connally, reaction of the Secret Service agents, reaction of people in the crowd, relating it to all the facts that we felt were important.
When we obtained the slides from Life magazine, we went through those very thoroughly, because they gave so much more detail and were so much clearer and analyzed again all these things about the reaction of the President and Mr. Connally, trying to ascertain where he was reacting--whether either one was reacting to being hit.
Of course the only shot that is readily apparent in any of the films, and it appears in the Zapruder, the Nix, and the Muchmore film, is the shot that hit the President in the head.
Mr. Specter.
Why do you say that is readily apparent?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Because on the film there is practically an explosion of his head and this is obviously the shot that hit the President in the head. It is very apparent from the photograph.
Mr. Specter.
Now, were any others present at any time, such as witnesses who appeared before the Commission, during the analysis sessions on these films and slides?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
On April 14, representatives of the Commission, FBI, and doctors--Dr. Hume of the Navy, who is at Bethesda, Commander Boswell from the U.S. Navy Medical School at Bethesda, Colonel Finck, Chief of the Wound Ballistics Pathology of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Mr. Specter.
Are those the autopsy surgeons?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; that is my understanding. Dr. Olivier, from Edgewood Arsenal, Dr. Light, from Edgewood Arsenal, were present also with Dr. Humes and the others, on April 14.
Mr. Specter.
Did any individuals who were present at the motorcade itself ever have an opportunity to view the films and slides?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; on April 21, films were again viewed by representatives of the Commission and the FBI, and at that time Drs. Gregory and Shaw, from Parkland Hospital in Dallas, were available, Drs. Light and Olivier, and a Dr. Dolce, and Governor and Mrs. Connally were present.
And at all of the viewings, they were again reviewed frame by frame, studied by the doctors to tie it in with their findings, studied by the Parkland doctors, and studied by the Connallys, to try to tie in where the shots occurred along the film.
Mr. Specter.
I now hand you an album which has been marked as Commission Exhibit No. 885.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 885 for identification.)
Mr. Specter.
I ask you to state what that album depicts.
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
This is an album that I prepared of black and white photographs made of the majority of the frames in the Zapruder film----
Mr. Specter.
Starting with what frame number?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Starting with frame 171, going through frame 334.
Mr. Specter.
And why did you start with frame 171?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
This is the frame that the slides start from. This was an arbitrary frame number that was decided on as being far enough back to include the area that we wanted to study.
Mr. Specter.
Is that a frame where President Kennedy comes into full view after the motorcade turns left off of Houston onto Elm Street?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes, yes.
Mr. Specter.
And how was the ending point of that frame sequence, being No. 334, fixed?
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