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1946 Riot at Alcatraz Prison brings law enforcement response and the deaths of three ring leader
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2:50Now PlayingDate: 13th May 1946
Location: Alcatraz
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Riot At Alcatraz
USA: California: San Francisco: Alcatraz:
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ALCATRAZ. Great riot at Alcatraz, shots tear gas being put through bars, shots of the three ring leaders who are brought out dead, & have there finger prints taken,Coy, Cretzer, Harbard, Good close ups & long sh ts of the prison,
CONVICTS Riot at Alcatraz, shots of warders putting gas in though bars at the prison, shots of the three convicts who are brought out for the last time to have there finger prints taken, the convicts are Coy, Cretzer, &
PRISON. Shots of prison warders putting gas through bars at Alcatraz prison, where riots have taken place, shots of the three dead ringleaders after the battle is over, there names are ...Coy, Cretzer & Hubbard,
Crime, Justice and Law Enforcement; United States of America; Prisons
Bernard Paul Coy, Joseph Paul Cretzer, Miran Edgar Thompson, Clarence Carnes, Sam Shockley, Marvin Hubbard, escape attempt, postwar, peacetime, war is not mentioned, penal, mutiny, siege
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