Nov 22

Amazingly, JFK’s Limo Was Still Used More Than a Decade Past His Death

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Amazingly, JFK's Limo Was Still Used More Than a Decade Past His Death

The limousine President John F. Kennedy rode in fifty years ago today is an indelible part of our visual memory. That midnight blue Lincoln will be forever known as the setting of a national tragedy. Yet, after Kennedy’s assassination, the car remained in service, transporting four presidents before it was retired in 1977.

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Nov 15

Stabilized Footage of the JFK Assassination Is Unsettlingly Real

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When it’s bouncing around and playing back at a jittery 18 frames per second, the infamous Zapruder footage of John F. Kennedy’s assassination feels almost unreal. But when it’s stabilized with additional interpolated frames bringing it to a steady 30 frames per second (like we’re used to seeing on TV) it suddenly becomes much more real.

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