Escape From Alcatraz 1962

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Daring escape - Alcatraz Island, San Francisco in the United States of America.

L/Ss of Alcatraz Island taken from boat. Shots of premium entering building. M/Ss of the Assistant Director of Prisons and the Warden Fred Wilkinson talking to the press. Mug shots of photos of the three escaped...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53450
Sort Number:
62/050
Time in/Out:
01:26:16:00 / 01:27:56:00
Canister:
62/50
Film ID:
1721.13
Issue Date:
21/06/1962

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  • "Clarence and John Lee Anglan (? not sure of spelling)." - that should read "brothers Clarence and John William Anglin."

    The name "Angland" needs removing from tags, and altering to Anglin.

    "Shots of premium entering building" should read "Shots of pressmen entering building."

    "Assistant Director of Prisons and the Warden Fred Wilkinson" should read "warden Olin Blackwell and Assistant Director of Prisons Fred Wilkinson"

    jamied 6th Sep 2012
  • An alternative report on this very same story can be seen in clip 3050.16.

    jamied 5th Apr 2013

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