Kennedy,caughttheeventonhisamateurmoviecamera.TheTime-Life
Corporationboughtexclusiverightstothe 30 secondsoffootageandprint-
edseveralpagesofframesinanumberofissuesofLife,latterlyincolour.
Thesegrainystillswereallthepublicsawoftheconfiscatedfilmfor
morethanadecade.^14 Thesequenceswerecertainlyavoyeuristicspectacle,
buttheykeptatarm’slengththefullimpactofthefilm.Brokendownon
thepagetheeventwasverydifficulttofolloworreconstruct.Theframes
werenotlaidoutinatruesequenceandcrucial(gruesome)frameswere
omitted.Moretothepoint,asthefilmmakerPierPaoloPasolininoted,
thepowerofthefootagelayinitbeinganuneditedlongtake.Theviewer
staresjustasthecamerastared,butwherethecamerawasunknowing,
68 thevieweralwaysalreadyknowswhatiscomingandismovedinexorably
56 Lifemagazine (29 November 1963).