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Marilyn Sitzman Oral History

Videotaped 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.

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Marilyn Sitzman Oral History

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06/29/1993

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Hi-8 videotape

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25 Minutes

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Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0021

Curatorial Note:

Like 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

Ms. Sitzman passed away on August 11, 1993, less than two months after this oral history was recorded. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Marilyn Sitzman Oral History

Videotaped 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.

Object Details
Object title:

Marilyn Sitzman Oral History

Date:

06/29/1993

Terms:

Eyewitnesses

Dealey Plaza

Zapruder film

Oral histories

Zapruder, Abraham

Sitzman, Marilyn

Dallas

Abraham Zapruder Film (OHC)

Dealey Plaza Eyewitnesses (OHC)

Medium:

Hi-8 videotape

Dimensions:

25 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1993.011.0021

Curatorial Note:

Like 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

Ms. Sitzman passed away on August 11, 1993, less than two months after this oral history was recorded. - Stephen Fagin, Curator