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Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories

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Frame 313 The JFK Assassination Theories (Sundown Entertainment)

This is total rip-off. The technical quality standard of this DVD is horrible.

First of all: this is a computer written DVD, not a pressed one. This fact is not very clear on the product data.

The source for this DVD is obviously an analog NTSC VHS tape as typical analog NTSC artifacts are present throughout. Video is also very noisy, another clue of the VHS source. Horizontal definition is very poor, even in the modern parts of the footage (the interviewees). Small print in credits is usually unreadable.
Picture quality is further marred by the abundant presence of digital artifacts, stemming from the fact that at one point the source material clearly was in 360x240 (half D1) resolution. Camera pans are almost always jerky and shuddering, which is an authoring problem.

DVD authoring is a mess. It starts with a totally useless and confusing menu in 4:3 aspect ratio, as there is nothing to choose from: there is only one title and no extra's, subtitles or alternate audio tracks.
The documentary itself is presented in 4:3 letterbox format, although it clearly was produced originally in full 4:3; 33 percent of the image info is therefore missing. The mutilation into a pseudo-widescreen version also has some interviewees' top heads chopped off and several credits missing at the screen bottom, as they extend into the black bars.

The DVD authors could not be bothered to put in a few chapter stops; there aren't any. This makes this almost two hour video virtually impossible to navigate.

There are at least ten instances of sound being seriously asynchronous for prolonged periods of time.

The title is totally misleading; the number 313 is only mentioned once in the entire production! If you expect material on why the official version of the JFK assassination is doubtful using the Zapruder film, you will be disappointed as there is virtually none. In fact, the original title was clearly a different one.
Copyright is of 2008, the actual documentary is of 2003 or 2004, a fact that is credited nowhere.

The documentary lists five numbered theories in the beginning, however further on they are presented as the Warren Commission, the HSCA and 3 theories numbered differently.

Finally the artwork on the box is cut in such a way that the publisher's name and website are almost completely cut off. They did not even get that part right. Or was this on purpose?

Total worth of the package: less than a dollar, for the box and one blank computer DVD. $11,49 is way too much for a poor quick and dirty VHS tape copy on DVD.

You would be well advised to skip this one. It adds nothing new to the JFK assassination discussion, and even contains historically incorrect information.

The self-described 11-22-63 experts (and supposed conspiracy debunkers) just might find a challenge or two in this interesting documentary.

Five theories are presented - objectively, the "Cuba" and "Mafia" chapters the most compelling.

The title of this DVD is "313" as in zapruder film frame number 313 and there's very little analysis of that record! What really sells this piece is believable interviews with a leader in the Blakey commission, ex-CIA personnel and Parkland Hospital staff (Mr. McClelland offering his first-hand observation of an *exit* wound to at the *back* of the President's head).

"Abort Team" associates/observers Plumlee and Holt speak - and so does a guy who says he was told to ignore it - James Files. If they do not believe what they are saying, give them Screen Actor's Guild cards. (Not to take the subject lightly). This is powerful stuff.

Many professionals opine that the Warren Commission was necessary to primarily, keep the Country stable; and secondarily, to cover-up disasterous miscalculations by our own Intelligence.

11-22-63 students will note familiar "conspiracy" theory supporters like Cyril Wecht, Robert Groden, and Mark Lane, seen in a *current* setting.

[Note: The voice-over says that the "protective bubble" was not used but the DVD does not mention two important points: (1) JFK did not want it used; (2) In November, 1963, the "protection" was not bullet-proof, to my understanding].

The rich and powerful still own each and every one of us. Look at what happened to the only President to stand up to them.
They blew his head apart, while emory roberts (head of our president's secret service detail for that day) set him up and sat back and watched it happen. I wonder how much it costs to buy an agent. roberts even called back a agent that was going to help, after our president was hit, by the 2nd bullet. The first one missed.
johnson knew too, look at the smile on his face, in the motorcade. He knew exactly what was going to happen. He and his oil buddies in Texas got together, (The BU#@ Family) to figure it out.
THEY WANTED THEIR WAR IN FING VIETNAM. Johnsons carreer was over, and he wanted to be President, (No matter the cost)That's why Johnson was covered and pushed down by Rufus Youngblood, (a honest agent) after he "saw some commotion in the President's car". He leaped out of the front seat, and covered johnson. After he had johnson covered and safe, he heard the final two shots. It's all in his report. How did he leap over the back, of johnsons car while the other agent's behind, and in Kennedy's car did nothing.
Then about the agents in the front seat of the presidential car, The president, said quite clearly "My God, I'm hit" before he passed out. Then the driver practically stops, and looks back, like he is waiting......... "Oh there it is, the kill shot. Punch it." Almost like he was expecting it. They LET our President get assassinated! Then emory roberts radios back to johnsons car "They got him. They got him." (interesting choice of words).Watch this and learn a little, about how we lost our country.
John Kennedy was an incredibly brave soul, so was Bobby.
More than one of us knows what is really going on with our country, and how we lost it, so many years ago. Study and decided for yourself. Everything is out there.
But stand up and tell the American people the truth, and they (the ones really in charge) will KILL you. (Make it look like anything. (Heart attack, car accident, lone gunman) WE better wake up.
They want a bunch of uniformed, obedient workers, that believe all the crap they tell you.
And don't forget to pay your taxes so they can waste our hard earned money, with NO accountability..

FRAME 313 - The JFK Assassination theories

Sundown Entertainment, Inc Copyright 2008 [...]

Thunderball Films, LLC [...]

Run Time: 114 Minutes
Color & Black and White
English language. Some spoken Russian with English translation voiceover.
There are no subtitles.

I decided to ignore the negative review, in fact it made me suspicious. One star? Few documentaries I've seen are that poor to deserve such a low rating. I wanted to find out for myself. I recommend you do, too.

Frame 313 is a useful JFK assassination documentary and worth watching. Lots of original footage, some I haven't seen elsewhere; and lots of interesting interviews and opinions. Frame 313 is not nearly as bad as the negative reviewer makes out. Perhaps the contents make him uncomfortable, because the overwhelming feeling one gets is that there's really only two theories - The Warren Commission or some sort of conspiracy. The documentary leaves the impression that the former just seems too simple to be true in the complex political landscape that existed at that time.

Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories proceeds as follows:

A.Introduction : About 10 minutes

B.Prologue : About 11 minutes

C.Theory 1 : The Warren Commission Report. JFK killed by a single gunman (Lee Harvey Oswald) : About 26 minutes

D.Theory 2 : JFK killed by a CIA/Mafia conspiracy : About 24 minutes

E.Theory 3 : The Soviet Union/KGB Investigation Conclusion - JFK killed by assassins hired by French Corsican drug dealers who had the backing and support of the American Mafia : About 9 minutes

F.Theory 4 : JFK killed by Mafia Hit Men: About 15 minutes

G.Theory 5 : JFK killed by CIA/Cuban exiles conspiracy: About 13 Minutes

H.Conclusion/End Credits : About 6 minutes

Conclusion : Recommended! 4 stars out of 5

A compelling case is presented for the CIA/Mob/anti-Castro nexus at the heart of the murder of President John F. Kennedy. However, the subtitle ("The JFK Assassination Theories") is a bit misleading. While each of these 'organizations' is treated as somewhat seperate strands, they are actually presented as interrelated aspects of a single assassination theory.

The case for multiple shooters seems inescapable. However, the Warren Commission's version is the lone nut gunman with the Oswald case closed two days later. Neat and tidy with no trial, no competing version of events, no real investigation. In many ways, a perfect crime. An hour and 20 minutes after Kennedy was shot Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested, and 2 days later he was killed by Jack Ruby, the fall guy.

Ruby, who had long standing Mob connections in Chicago, stated that "The world will never know the true facts of what occurred, my motives. The people who had so much to gain, and had such an ulterior motive for putting me in the position I'm in, will never let the true facts come above board to the world." He asked the Warren Commission to take him to DC and hear his testimony, but they refused. Ruby may also have believed that he was injected with the cancer cells that subsequently killed him (cf, the Wikipedia article on Jack Ruby).

This is an outstanding and brilliantly produced documentary that both provides the historical context and puts the pieces of the puzzle together into a coherent picture of the forces behind the henious act that, as Jack Ruby said, was "an act of overthrowing the government."

Btw, the title comes from the Warren Commission's assertion that a second shot struck JFK at frame 313 of the Zapruder film.

I am a techer and I thought this film was very informative and created a great discussion topic for my class. The film hits on all the theories and makes a person really think about what really happened!!!