Marie M. Muchmore (5 August 1909, Ardmore, Oklahoma – 26 April 1990, Dallas, Texas)^[1] was one of the witnesses to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. A color 8 mm film that she photographed is one of the primary documents of the event. The Muchmore film, with other 8 mm films taken by Abraham Zapruder and Orville Nix, was used by the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination and to position the presidential limousine in a forensic recreation of the event in May 1964.^[2] President Kennedy, with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Governor John Connally in the presidential limousine shortly before his assassination A handbill circulated on November 21, 1963 In Dallas, Texas, one day before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. ...      Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Mayor Laura Miller Area    - City 997. ... 8mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. ... Abraham Zapruder Abraham Zapruder (May 15, 1905 – August 30, 1970), a manufacturer of womens clothing, filmed U.S. President John F. Kennedys motorcade traveling through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas and unexpectedly recorded the entire John F. Kennedy assassination. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Warren Commission report cover page The Presidents Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. ... Forensic photography (sometimes referred to as forensic imaging) is the art of producing an accurate reproduction of a crime scene for the benefit of a court. ...

Muchmore was an employee of Justin McCarty dress manufacturers in Dallas, and was in Dealey Plaza with five other employees, including Wilma Bond, who had a still camera. Muchmore began filming the presidential motorcade with her Keystone movie camera near the northwest corner of Main Street and Houston Street as the motorcade turned into Dealey Plaza. She then turned and went a few yards west to photograph the President's limousine as it went down Elm Street. Her film captures the fatal head shot, seen from about 135 feet (41 m) away.^[3] The film ends seconds later as Secret Service agent Clint Hill runs to board the limousine. Dealey Plaza (Warren Commission exhibit #876) Dealey Plaza, (pronounced dee-lee) in the historic West End district of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA), is famous as the location of the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. ... The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security (prior to the founding of that department in 2003, it was under the United States Department of the Treasury). ... For the Stoke City football player of the same name, see Clint Hill (footballer) Clinton J. Hill (born 1932) was a United States Secret Service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the John F. Kennedy assassination. ...

Muchmore sold the undeveloped film to the Dallas office of United Press International on November 25, 1963 for $1,000. It was processed by Kodak in Dallas, and flown to New York City. It appeared the following day on local television station WNEW-TV.^[4] The film now belongs to the Associated Press Television News, which restored it in 2002.^[5] Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. UPI redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... WNYW is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... Associated Press Television News, known as either Associated Press TV News or APTN, is a global video news agency. ...

The FBI initially interviewed Muchmore in December 1963, during which she denied that she took any pictures of the assassination scene.^[6] The FBI was unaware of the film's existence until a frame enlargement was published in the UPI book Four Days: The Historical Record of the Death of President Kennedy in January 1964.^[7] A subsequent FBI interview in February 1964 says: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Mrs. Muchmore stated that after the car turned on Elm Street from Houston Street, she heard a loud noise which at first she thought was a firecracker but then with the crowd of people running in all directions and hearing the two further noises, sounding like gunfire, she advised that she began to run to find a place to hide.^[8]

Muchmore was born Marie Mobley in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Her mother was half Chickasaw Indian.^[9] One of her sisters, Aurelia, became a noted operatic soprano under the name Lushanya Mobley (1906–1990).^[10] Marie had no children. Looking east, Central Park, Downtown Ardmore Looking west at Main & Washington Streets Tuckers Tower on Lake Murray, south of Ardmore Ardmore is a city located in Carter County, Oklahoma. ... The Chickasaws are a Native American people of the United States, originally from present-day Mississippi, now mostly living in Oklahoma. ... This article is about singers. ...

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• Muchmore film.