Alcatraz Prison Break - Three Convicts Escape The Rock

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keywords: san francisco bay, alcatraz island, alcatraz prison, federal penitentiary, prison break, prison escape, prisoner frank morris, prisoner clarence anglin, prisoner john anglin

Synopsis: Once thought to be escape-proof, three prisoners, Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin, all serving time for bank robbery, fashion dummies to fool the night checks by the prison guards, escape via a tunnel they painstakingly scratched through one of the cement walls...(read more)

Date: 1962
Duration: 00:01:45
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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Alcatraz Prison Break Convicts Escape The Rock

Alcatraz Prison Break - Three Convicts Escape The Rock

Three convicts escape "the Rock" on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. The spoon proves mightier than the bars at supposedly escape-proof Alcatraz Prison as three bank robbers, serving long terms, fashion dummies for their beds and escape after scratching through the cement walls of their cells. Whatever their fate, they seem to have accomplished what many others have failed to do. The prisoners that escaped Alcatraz were Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin. Shows search of San Francisco Bay for the fugitives.