Escape From A Famous Prison AKA Alcatraz… 1938

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Titles read: "ESCAPE FROM A FAMOUS PRISON".

San Francisco, United States of America.

Various shots of the exterior of Alcatraz Prison as American commentator tells us that two men escaped from the jail and got into a boat with waiting accomplices.

San Franciscan policemen...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16205
Sort Number:
38/002
Time in/Out:
01:36:26:00 / 01:37:10:00
Canister:
38/2
Film ID:
949.45
Issue Date:
06/01/1938

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • "Ralph Row" in text and tags should read Ralph Roe.

    "Police Chief Quinne (? Gwynne? Wynne?)" - the Chief is William J Quinn.

    jamied 5th Apr 2013
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