09-09-2014, 10:21 PM
Gordon Gray Wrote:Any reasonably objective person viewing the Z film would describe Connolly as angled slightly to his right looking toward his right front in the direction of the UM at Z 224. Between 224 and 230 he turns to face forward his hat in his right hand at the level of his shoulder. He continues facing in this direction until about frames 234-235 when he appears to start reacting to being hit in the back. He then turns back toward his right again, his right shoulder dropping sharply, his torso leaning forward and his face showing the reaction to being hit, between frames 235 and 240. At no time would one describe his head as jerking sharply to his left or his arms flying up. Nor could the movement of his lapel have anything to do with a bullet passing through him at that moment, IMO. His actions appear to be exactly as he has described them. JFK is clearly hit prior to frame 224 and Connolly sometime between frame 230-235 at a time when his wrist was not in a position to be hit from a bullet passing out from under his right nipple.
Gordon
Good observations. William does make a good point, though, about there being a lack of blood on JBC's white shirt post-z230 in the Zapruder film. JBC observed that he was covered in blood almost immediately following the back shot. To me, this begs the question, was JBC shot in the back at z230 or in the wrist?
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964

