DescriptionBound soft-covered report titled "Nix Film Analysis" by Itek Corporation, dated May 18, 1967. The report analyzes Orville Nix's film of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Document is 55 pages long with pale blue covers and is bound with a white plastic comb binding.
Front cover has "Nix Film Analysis, 18 May 1967" at center and logo and "Itek Corporation Lexington, Massachusetts 02173". Report includes illustrations, reproductions of the film, maps, and scale drawings.
Due to its copyright status, we are not able to put the entire report online at this time. The report is available for viewing in the Museum’s Reading Room. Please go to the Research page on our website for information on visiting the Reading Room (http://jfk.org/go/reading-room).
Curatorial Commentary
This study was prompted by rumors that a second gunman could be seen on the grassy knoll in some frames of the Orville Nix film. The indistinct image resembled someone firing a rifle at President Kennedy at the moment of the fatal shot to his head. United Press International (UPI), a major US news organizationon, commissioned an analysis of the Nix film by the Itek Corporation, a Massachusetts company that developed photo enhancement techniques under government contract for unrelated military and intelligence purposes.
After taking careful measurements of all relevant physical objects in the "gunman" area, and applying enhancement techniques to frames of the original Nix film, Itek concluded the shape was nothing more than shadows of some trees falling on a side of the concrete pergola behind amateur photographer Abraham Zapruder. The Itek study is an excellent record of some physical aspects of Dealey Plaza at the time. - Gary Mack, Curator
