Inside San Quentin (1970-03-01, silent)

Description: Silent workprint copy of a film about San Quentin State Prison.

Leader: A-4 70k W.P. B Roll

From The Argus newspaper Sunday March 1 1970:

"Channel Four will telecast "Inside San Quentin" a new Assignment Four documentary, Sunday March 1 at 7pm. The documentary will picture life in San Quentin from three points of view; that of the prisoner, the warden and the chief psychiatrists. The Channel Four cameras film life at the state prison, and at the same time explore the three represented points of view. As part of the half-hour color program, excerpts from the play "The Cage" written and performed by former inmates of San Quentin, will be seen. "The Cage" is an emotional drama illustrating the frustrations and perversity of prison life."

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Subjects: 1960s, 1970s, Law enforcement, Theater

Tags: psychiatric ward; prisons; incarceration; prison labor; manufacturing; penal labor; cells; barracks; prison yards; theater; prisoners in theater production; art; performance; guard on watch; rifles; incarcerated people; prison psychologist; grave stones; prison cemetery; cemeteries; graves; direct address to camera; guard towers; countdown leader; smoking cigar and drinking coffee; guard's house; inmates; California Department of Corrections uniform; tiny Christmas tree; family visits; visitors; pat downs; LOVE and HATE knuckle tattoos

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Assignment Four, KRON-TV

Credits:

Distributor: KRON-TV

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: David Webb Peoples Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1969

Release Date: 1970-03-01

Geographical Location: USA; California; San Quentin, California; Marin County, California; Sausalito, California

Genre/Form: television broadcast, nonfiction

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: workprint

Color: b&w

Color Process: Eastman Rev

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 876