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Officers behind the gate had no reason to expect
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Betrayal at Attica

Officers behind the gatehad no reason to expect that it wouldn't hold

Officers behind the gate
had no reason to expect that it wouldn't hold

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Officers behind the gate had no reason to expect
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that it wouldn't hold.
Duration
6 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:49
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...
- [Elizabeth] Unbeknownst to everybody, the gate, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- [Elizabeth] Unbeknownst to everybody, the gate,
It's very old and there's 45 people pushing - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
It's very old and there's 45 people pushing
- [Narrator] A faulty bolt snapped, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] A faulty bolt snapped,
- [Elizabeth] And they beat the three cops. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Elizabeth] And they beat the three cops.
They give Quinn a big-time concussion, which kills him. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They give Quinn a big-time concussion, which kills him.
They fracture his skull, was actually what they do. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They fracture his skull, was actually what they do.
- [Officer] A guard named Melvin or Melville - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
- [Officer] A guard named Melvin or Melville
Arm is pointing to a hand print on the wall, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
Arm is pointing to a hand print on the wall,
We can see - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
We can see
- No one, inmate, correction officer, or prison official, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- No one, inmate, correction officer, or prison official,
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,