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Chowchilla

So they were trying to think of how can we get ransom from the state?

So they were trying to think of how can we get ransom from the state?

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So they were trying to think of
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how can we get ransom from the state?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:18
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, drama
Production
Zipper Bros Films,Sutter Road Picture Company,CNN Films

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Movie Summary

Go behind the headlines to explore the strangest mass kidnapping in history, with exclusive interviews from those who lived through it.
So then that led them to kidnapping a school bus - Chowchilla 00:07
So then that led them to kidnapping a school bus
Again, they were obviously influenced - Chowchilla 00:06
Again, they were obviously influenced
♪ Row row row your boat ♪♪ - Chowchilla 00:05
♪ Row row row your boat ♪♪
In the final scenes - Chowchilla 00:09
In the final scenes
Fred was the leader who started it. - Chowchilla 00:05
Fred was the leader who started it.
But Fred didn't have the ability - Chowchilla 00:06
But Fred didn't have the ability
And he thought that Jim Schoenfeld - Chowchilla 00:11
And he thought that Jim Schoenfeld
When they decoded these writings - Chowchilla 00:11
When they decoded these writings
For 18 months - Chowchilla 00:07
For 18 months
They had maps - Chowchilla 00:09
They had maps
They were able to get identification - Chowchilla 00:07
They were able to get identification
They went out to the quarry in the cover of darkness - Chowchilla 00:07
They went out to the quarry in the cover of darkness
To collect the ransom money, they wanted the government - Chowchilla 00:08
To collect the ransom money, they wanted the government
They had intended to have an airdrop - Chowchilla 00:07
They had intended to have an airdrop
In fact, the Cadillac was intended to be used - Chowchilla 00:08
In fact, the Cadillac was intended to be used
They wanted it to blend in for a night time operation. - Chowchilla 00:05
They wanted it to blend in for a night time operation.
All the way through, they thought that - Chowchilla 00:05
All the way through, they thought that
But the night of the kidnapping - Chowchilla 00:08
But the night of the kidnapping
Fred Woods had a late night dinner - Chowchilla 00:06
Fred Woods had a late night dinner
Then the news came out - Chowchilla 00:06
Then the news came out