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Betrayal at Attica

No one, inmate, correctionofficer, or prison official, could've known that oneof the Times...

No one, inmate, correction
officer, or prison official, could've known that one
of the Times Square gates was held by a weakened bolt

Full Transcript

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- No one, inmate, correction officer, or prison official,
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could've known that one of the Times Square gates
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was held by a weakened bolt.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:52
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

On September 13, 1971 the State of New York shot and killed 39 of its own citizens, injured hundreds more, and tortured the survivors. The plan to retake D Yard led to one of the bloodiest days in American history, and set the sta...
Many years earlier, two pieces of steel - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Many years earlier, two pieces of steel
Had the gate held, it is possible that the uprising - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Had the gate held, it is possible that the uprising
- Did you have any understanding as to whether - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
- Did you have any understanding as to whether
- There had been a riot plan of sorts, - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
- There had been a riot plan of sorts,
But it pertained largely to a single area, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
But it pertained largely to a single area,
It didn't provide for a institution-wide problem. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It didn't provide for a institution-wide problem.
- [Narrator] When the inmates broke into the metal shop, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- [Narrator] When the inmates broke into the metal shop,
- [Elizabeth] There were civilians throughout the prison, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Elizabeth] There were civilians throughout the prison,
- [Narrator] This is the area from which - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] This is the area from which
- [Elizabeth] They were account, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- [Elizabeth] They were account,
- [Narrator] Word was passed for the inmates - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] Word was passed for the inmates
- Then, once everybody got in the yard, - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- Then, once everybody got in the yard,
Attica was a riot, it began as a riot - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Attica was a riot, it began as a riot
There were political movements within the prison. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
There were political movements within the prison.
- Although the Commission recognizes - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- Although the Commission recognizes
But unless the dehumanizing quality of inmate life - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
But unless the dehumanizing quality of inmate life
- Shortly before 9:00 a.m. this morning, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- Shortly before 9:00 a.m. this morning,
Prisoners took over, over a thousand prisoners took over, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Prisoners took over, over a thousand prisoners took over,
Well damage to prison buildings - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
Well damage to prison buildings
As far as restoring order to this facility, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
As far as restoring order to this facility,