(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Following those lane lines we then moved the car down to a point where Mr. Frazier radioed to us that it was the last point at which he could get a clear shot and we stopped the car there.
Mr. Specter.
How did you then select the appropriate frame from the Zapruder film?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
After Mr. Frazier had stationed the car at this point, I then went to the position of Mr. Zapruder. Based on his motion pictures, a comparison of the photograph that we made with the photograph from the film, I was able to state that because of the relative position of the car in the street and in relation to other objects in the background, it corresponded to frame 161 of the motion picture.
Mr. Specter.
Do you have on Exhibit No. 888 a reproduction of frame 161?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; the upper left-hand corner is a reproduction of the frame 161 of the Zapruder motion picture. The picture on the upper right is a photograph that I made with a speed graphic camera from Zapruder's position of the car reestablished in that location. The photograph in the lower left-hand corner, is a photograph of the view through the rifle scope that Mr. Frazier saw at the time he positioned the car there. This is the view that you would obtain from looking through the rifle scope from the sixth floor window.
Mr. Specter.
Was the automobile in exactly the same position at the time of the taking of the "photograph through rifle scope" and the "photograph from reenactment"?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; approximately the same. We went through all stations with Mr. Frazier in the window and I took photographs from Mr. Zapruder's position, and once establishing a frame position, we marked it clearly in the street. After we had taken all of the photographs from Zapruder's position, we then took the car back, and went to the sixth floor window and mounted the motion picture camera on the rifle. These photographs were made by rolling the car in the same position based on the marks we had in the street so it was as accurate as could be done in the same position.
Mr. Dulles.
There is no one sitting in that right-hand corner of the rear seat, is there in that picture?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; the person taking President Kennedy's place is sitting in the back seat.
Mr. Dulles.
Yes; I see it. It is rather hard to see through the trees.
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; we moved it up to a point where the chalk mark was just about to disappear on the street.
Mr. Dulles.
I don't think I see the chalk mark maybe someone else can.
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
It may be covered by the crosshair of the rifle scope.
Representative Ford.
In that picture photographed through the rifle scope on Exhibit No. 888 a man standing in for Governor Connally is also in the car, is he not?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct. He is mostly hidden by the tree.
Mr. Dulles.
Yes; I see.
Mr. Specter.
Was there any difference between the position of President Kennedy's stand-in and the position of President Kennedy on the day of the assassination by virtue of any difference in the automobiles in which each rode?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; because of the difference in the automobiles there was a variation of 10 inches, a vertical distance of 10 inches that had to be considered. The stand-in for President Kennedy was sitting 10 inches higher and. the stand-in for Governor Connally was sitting 10 inches higher than the President and Governor Connally were sitting and we took this into account in our calculations.
Mr. Specter.
Was any allowance then made in the photographing of the first point or rather last point at which the spot was visible on the back of the coat of President Kennedy's stand-in before passing under the oak tree?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; there was. After establishing this position, represented by frame 161, where the chalk mark was about to disappear under the tree, we established a point 10 inches below that as the actual point where President Kennedy would have had a chalk mark on his back or where the wound would have been if the car was 10 inches lower. And we rolled the car then
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