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Jeff Franzen Oral History

Object number2014.001.0088
Date07/08/2014
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Jeff Franzen
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions24 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Jeff Franzen. Six-year-old Franzen witnessed the assassination alongside his parents in Dealey Plaza. The Franzens, who can be seen in the Zapruder film, were interviewed that day by the FBI. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum on July 8, 2014, by Stephen Fagin. The interview is twenty-four minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
The Franzen family -- Jack and Joanne Franzen and son Jeff -- is fully visible in the Zapruder film from frame 361 to frame 374, during the time in which Secret Service agent Clint Hill is seen climbing onto the back of the presidential limousine. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator