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Dartmoor Prison Mutiny 1932
Description
Full Title reads: "Dartmoor Prison Mutiny - Britain shocked at news of convicts' desperate fight at our 'toughest' prison."
Dartmoor, Devon.
M/S exterior gateway entrance to Dartmoor Prison. M/S buildings of prison. L/S prison and fields in foreground. Pan across prison buildings....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 4630
- Sort Number:
- 32/008
- Time in/Out:
- 01:28:20:00 / 01:31:08:00
- Canister:
- 32/8
- Film ID:
- 641.23
- Issue Date:
- 28/01/1932
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The prison mutiny described here took place on 24 January 1932. That date is quoted here, in the "American Journal of Police Science", printed in 1932.......
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"Mr Patterson" should read Alexander Paterson.