/internal/media/dispatcher/70820/fullMarilyn Sitzman Oral History06/29/199325 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1993.011.00210Sony Hi8 videotape - masterOral Histories6458410.16000000006.98500000004679Oral history1.9050000000Videotaped oral history interview with Marilyn Sitzman. A receptionist in Abraham Zapruder's office, Ms. Sitzman encouraged Mr. Zapruder to go home and retrieve his home movie camera to film the motorcade. Sitzman accompanied him to Dealey Plaza before the motorcade arrived, and because Mr. Zapruder was known to suffer from vertigo, she steadied him atop a concrete pedestal in Dealey Plaza while he made his historic film of the Kennedy assassination.
Interview conducted at Ms. Sitzman's home on June 29, 1993 by Wes Wise with Bob Porter. The interview is twenty-five minutes long.EyewitnessesDealey PlazaZapruder filmOral historiesZapruder, AbrahamSitzman, MarilynDallasAbraham Zapruder Film (OHC)Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)Ms. Sitzman passed away on August 11, 1993, less than two months after this oral history was recorded. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorLike her employer, Marilyn Sitzman always insisted that no shots came from their right, which was the stockade fence atop the grassy knoll only a few feet away. News and amateur photographs show that Sitzman lingered in Dealey Plaza for awhile following the shooting. - Gary Mack, Curator