Prison Riot Has Stormy Sequel

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1886A

Date Released

29 Jul 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Prison Riot Has Stormy Sequel
2. 2Fishy Story
3. 3Burrowing Under Mayfair
4. 4Hovercraft - Research Gives Big Lift
5. 5New Tory Leader

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prison Riot Has Stormy Sequel. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show Mount Eden Jail in Auckland, New Zealand, where more than two hundred rioting convicts were besieged by warders and police. The rioters caused much destruction including setting alight the prison. Eventually they were brought under control, but some prisoners were removed to another prison in Christchurch, where they inspired another riot. SHOTLIST: GV pan Mount Eden Jail in Auckland. LS five burning inside prison walls. MS name board outside prison. Pan up prison wall. MLS policemen at prison. MS ditto. CU ditto. LAS guard box on top of wall. Pan down to doorway of chapel. MS firemen on telephone. LS fire in one of second floor rooms. Zoom in part of prison building. GV pan jail. LS smoke coming from windows. LS guard box. Zoom in smoke coming from window. Zoom out people, people inside prison walls. GV pan smoke rising from prison. Zoom in policemen coming out of doorway. BS cameraman. Shot through small window of prisoners taken back into prison. GV interview of prison courtyard. LAS guards looking from guard box. GV interior prison wall. LS guard walking along top of wall. Zoom out soldiers outside prison. Zoom out interior prison courtyard.

Keywords

Riots; Crime

Locations

Auckland

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

89979

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

158

Story extras:

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