James Stevens describes nearly being killed during San Quentin State Prison break
Title card: "Victims Tell of Break - San Quentin, Calif. - Prison Board members, kidnaped by fleeing convicts, tell dramatic story! Police army recaptures fugitives in fifty-mile chase" / pan EXT California's San Quentin State Prison and grounds / LS prison building / guard house / montage EXT house of prison warden James Holahan, where Prison Board was meeting when escaped convicts broke in, and MS bullet holes in window / SOT Board member Joseph Stevens wears pince-nez and dressing gown as he describes being taken hostage by convicts and failed shooting attempt by convict Alexander Mackay / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
518448430
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 16, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:04:05
Location:
San Quentin, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001286_01_01.mov
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