Woman sues Washington for return of John F Kennedy assassination film

The suit claims the film is as important as the assassination footage captured by Abraham Zapruder with his movie camera.

Dallas, Texas: A woman whose grandfather shot a home movie of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas' Dealey Plaza on Nov. 22, 1963 is suing the US government to either get it back or get $10 million in compensation.

Gayle Nix Jackson filed the lawsuit in federal court on Saturday, a day before the 52nd anniversary of the JFK assassination. Jackson is seeking the original film shot by her deceased grandfather, Orville Nix, or the money.

Jackson's suit claims the film is as important as the assassination footage captured by Abraham Zapruder with his movie camera. The federal government settled with Zapruder's heirs in 1999 to purchase the film for $16 million.

"According to the Warren Commission, the Nix film is nearly as important as the Zapruder film, yet the public is mainly unaware of its significance," the suit states.