Prison Fire

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1627

Date Released

8 Aug 1960

Date submitted

26 Jul 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Last of the Battleships
2. 2Moving Day
3. 3Prison Fire
4. 4Model Flyers
5. 5The Prince Goes Sailing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prison Fire. DESCRIPTION: At Nashville, Tennessee, convicts had set the prison on fire to demonstrate sympathy for 20 men on a hunger strike during solitary confinement. A guard fell to his death and a woman prisoner committed suicide, all the others escaped the flames. SHOTLIST: Various scenes of the fire started by rioting prisoners. One officer and a women prisoner were killed. The Warden places the damage at $750,000. Key scene. GV prison fire. GV same. MS prisoners. MS same. GV fire. MS firemen. GV fire. MS fire. GV fire (3).

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Riots; Crime; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America; Tennessee; Nashville

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

80783

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

54

Story extras:

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