News Footage: Chinatown Murders

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Chinatown/ Golden Dragon Murders: Really serious man being interviewed, entrance gate to SF Chinatown, store fronts in Chinatown, old Chinese woman carries child on her back, woman walking through alleyway, old Chinese men reading the newspaper while sitting on bright red bench, tourists walking through Chinatown, b&w stills of Chinatown at the turn of the century, Chinese men in traditional clothes are walking down the alleys in SF, young Chinese men playing pool at a billiards, CU on billiards, mannequins depicting a barber and a man a shave with his face bloody while two other mannequins stand by dressed in black carrying guns, CU on other mannequins depicting a battle scene wearing red scarfs on their heads and holding knives, CU on Chinese woman who looks upset, CU on Wanted poster bearing the images of two very young Chinese men, description lists Richard Leung, a 17 year old Chinese boy wanted for murder, Chinese community leaders speak about the murders, whole wall of Wanted posters with informational bulletins about the murders, scenes of Chinatown, chickens hanging in a restaurant's window, reporter talks to police about the murders, mannequins from the SF Natural History Museum depicting scenes of ancient and traditional Chinese life (some of the scenes are stereotypes, for instance of the Chinese laundry men), other scenes of Chinese performing manual labor in the building of California, exterior shots of Albert Brown Funeral Chapel, funeral takes place in a field somewhere outside of the city, cars surround the caskets and the people in attendance, crowd of people stand by as caskets are removed from the hearses, police and officials meet to discuss the case, Chinatown park with downtown buildings seen in background,streets in Chinatown with CU on shop signs, group of tourists in funky 70's shirts and shorts cruise through Chinatown, shots of apartment buildings in Chinatown, Asian grocery stores, Asian grocer wearing blue smock and tie helps white woman in the store, Asian woman with bouffant hairdo stands behind counter as young white man looks at alcohol, exterior shot of Lexington Market with young black kids holding Tide detergent and bleach, sign on outside of market reads "closed for John's funeral", Asian leaders talking with grief stricken woman (John's widow?), Chinatown during busy part of day with lots of pedestrians and tons of Chinese signs on outside of stores, Chinese people walking down the street, old men sitting on park benches in Chinatown, pregnant woman walks down the street holding her husband's hand, old Chinese woman wearing red scarf on her head, intersection of Grant and Washington Streets, pallbearers bringing the caskets out of the funeral home, (soundtrack follows), CU shots of the mannequins in the Natural History Museum