Zapruder Film Documents from the National Archives
11-25-63 Contract between Time, Inc. and Abraham Zapruder in the form of a letter to C.D. Jackson, Publisher, and signed by Abraham Zapruder and Richard Stolley on behalf of Time, Inc. View Plain Text.
1-7-64 Letter from Life Bureau Chief to Secret Service Chief James Rowley Regarding Secret Service copies
1-14-64 Letter Dallas Special Agent In Charge Forrest Sorrels Regarding Secret Service copies
1-22-64 Letter from Forrest Sorrels to James Rowley Regarding Secret Service copies
1-27-64 Letter from James Rowley Responding to Life Bureau Chief Regarding Secret Service copies
12-4-64 Letter from Hoover to Rankin regarding loaning film to CIA
2-10-65 CIA Copy of Zapruder Film Designated Confidential/CIA Internal Use Only.
12-15-64 FBI is not Authorized to Loan film to CIA
12-1-67 Time files Complaint against Bernard Geis Associates, Bernard Geis, Josiah Thompson, and Random House, Inc. Time is represented by Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
5-1-68 Stipulation of Facts in Time, Inc. v. Bernard Geis, et al.
10-15-74 Letter from GSA about communications with Vice President of Time, Inc. View Plain Text.
3-24-75 Paul Hoch Memorandum Re Need to Investigate CIA and FBI
4-4-75 Draft Agreement between Time, Inc., and Zapruder’s heirs, Lillian Zapruder, Henry Zapruder, and Myrna Faith Hauser. Unsigned by Time.
4-9-75 Life Assignment of Copyright
4-23-75 Letter re CIA Training
4-24-75 Letter Thanking Time for Gift
4-24-75 Film is Part of Special Operations Training Program
5-7-75 Letter from CIA Responding to Paul Hoch Memorandum
5-14-75 CIA Letter to Rockefeller Commission’s Robert Olsen Disclosing All Zapruder Textual Material
9-8-75 Researcher Letter Requesting Whether FBI Loaned Copy to CIA
10-28-75 CIA Letter re CIA possession of Zapruder copy designated Confidential
5-20-76 CIA Made Three Additional Copies
5-20-76 CIA Releasing Copy to FBI and Redacting CIA Liaison Officer Mrs. Jane Roman
6-29-78 National Archives Receipt
7-10-78 Letter from Henry to National Archives re: Storage
9-28-82 CIA Review of Zapruder files
4-25-89 Selby Weisberg v Zapruder
4-5-93 to Silverberg Referring
9-1-93 Memo to NARA GC Re Fair Use
6-9-94 Notes re Zapruder Meeting
7-12-94 Notes Zapruder Silverberg
7-20-94 Letter re OLC Copyright
7-31-94 Ohio St Professor to Tunheim
8-26-94 Request to Determine Copyright Act
9-19-94 - Letters to Determine What Constitutes a Record
10-18-94 Demand from Silverberg to NARA
10-18-94 Demand from Silverberg to Marwell
10-18-94 Demand from Silverberg to Tunheim
10-18-94 Demands from Silverberg to Others
10-94 Draft Response to Silverberg
10-18-94 Demand from Silverberg to NARA
11-22-94 Walter Dellinger to Tunheim Regarding Lead Agency
12-16-94 NARA Letter from Runkel to Silverberg
12-22-94 Letter from Henry Authorizing Silverberg
12-27-94 Letter from Silverberg Demanding $15,000,000
1-10-95 Letter re: ADR from Silverberg
1-10-95 from Silverberg about 3 unreturned phone calls
1-13-95 Memo on Returning Silverberg’s Calls
2-3-95 Draft Possible Settlement to John Tunheim
2-3-95 Draft Possible Settlement with Edits
2-3-95 Fax Possible Settlement
2-6-95 Memo re: Questions for Meeting
2-14-95 Response from John Tunheim
4-6-95 - Memo to ask Life about Assignment
5-1-95 Letter to Harry Johnston
5-3-95 Memo on Takings, Copyright, and Payment
5-9-95 - Memo on Takings Rather than Tort
5-24-95 Letter to Tunheim with Draft
9-13-95 Call about Zapruder Taking
10-13-95 Copyright 15m Demand - Silverberg
6-6-96 Handwritten Meeting Notes
6-10-96 Washington Post Article on James Files
7-16-96 Memo on Possession Custody and Control
7-24-96 Draft Settlement Zapruder
7-24-96 Draft Settlement with Notes
8-2-96 Proposed Settlement Agreement
8-23-96 Memo to Elizabeth Pugh
9-10-96 Settlement Contract Negotiations
9-26-96 Further Draft Settlement Agreement
9-30-96 Letter Re Zapruder Litigation
4-14-97 Kodak Digitization Quote
4-24-97 Policy on Zapruder Film
10-30-97 Response to Silverberg
11-6-02 Preservation Suggestions
2017 - National Archives Guidance on Requesting Copies of the Zapruder Film
Undated-Article and Patent - Trustworthy Digital Camera