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Betrayal at Attica

Your instructions are that your weaponis not to be taken nor are you to be taken

Your instructions are that your weapon
is not to be taken nor are you to be taken

Full Transcript

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- Your instructions are
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that your weapon is not to be taken
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nor are you to be taken.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:00
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] They chose the state police, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Elizabeth] They chose the state police,
- [Officer] The hostages are on catwalks - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Officer] The hostages are on catwalks
- [Elizabeth] This was a wholesale murder. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Elizabeth] This was a wholesale murder.
The head of the state police was on vacation - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
The head of the state police was on vacation
So there was absolutely no reason for him to be there - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
So there was absolutely no reason for him to be there
They all had gas masks, and there was no way to communicate - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
They all had gas masks, and there was no way to communicate
There's this incredible testimony from the second in command - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
There's this incredible testimony from the second in co...
This guy was a moron, and he comes out onto the catwalks - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
This guy was a moron, and he comes out onto the catwalks
And he's running up and down trying to get people - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
And he's running up and down trying to get people
- [Elizabeth] I mean, they did everything wrong. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Elizabeth] I mean, they did everything wrong.
(gunshots popping) (deep somber music) - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
(gunshots popping) (deep somber music)
They were all in a hostage circle in the middle, - Betrayal at Attica 00:17
They were all in a hostage circle in the middle,
They told everybody to put tape over their name tags - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They told everybody to put tape over their name tags
And they told blah, blah, blah. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And they told blah, blah, blah.
I mean, the best thing you could call it - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
I mean, the best thing you could call it
(gunshots blasting) - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
(gunshots blasting)
That's lot of people, 39 people. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
That's lot of people, 39 people.
And when he was asked why he fired those shots, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
And when he was asked why he fired those shots,
And the remaining six, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
And the remaining six,
(helicopter fluttering) (slow somber music) - Betrayal at Attica 00:12
(helicopter fluttering) (slow somber music)