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The Prison System - Protecting The People

Public Domain Stock Footage The Prison System - Protecting The People

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keywords: federal prison system, federal penitentiary, alcatraz island, leavenworth prison, lewisburg penitentiary

Synopsis: Scenes from 1935 of the Federal Prison System with general interior prison footage and activities from such notable prison and penitentiaries as Alcatraz Prison, Ft. Leavenworth Penitentiary, Lewisburg Prison as well as statistics tracking the increase of Federal Prisoners from 1920 to 1935...(read more)

  • Date: 1935
  • Duration: 00:10:00
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

The Prison System - Protecting The People

The Prison System - Protecting The People

Low aerial view of Alcatraz penitentiary located on an island in San Francisco Bay; a ferry boat is in FG of shot. VS of Alcatraz Island prison. View of Leavenworth Federal prison in Kansas. Low aerial view of Federal prison in Atlanta Georgia. Panning view of Federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

View of reformatory Chillicothe Correction Institution at Chillicothe, Ohio for youthful offenders.

Shows several young adults, first offenders, being processed into the prison system. Prison guard taking finger prints and young prisoner given medical examination and in dentist chair. Young prisoners in a Federal prison continue education in a classroom and participate in sports. Prisoners learning a trade while in custody, hot medal casting, farming, construction projects, and machine shop. Prisoners entering cells in a prison cell block in a 1935 penitentiary. Guard moves lever to close all cell doors. Night shot of armed guard in prison watch tower.