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Baseball Commissioner Landis okays former convict Alabama Pitts to play baseball; riot at Kansas State Penitentiary ends

Title card: "Prison Star to Play Ball," Paramount News at bottom / CU baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis / [6/17/1935] CU former convict Edwin "Alabama" Pitts SOT thanking Landis and supporters / VS file prison facility; VO narrator speaks of prison riots due to leniency / brick prison guard tower, guard with rifle stands outside / looking through archway opening gates to building entrance / building, American flag flying in front // [Lansing, KS, 6/19/1935] prison guards in front of car / pan grounds of Kansas State Penitentiary / building structure with smoke emitting, VO narrator speaks of smoking out prisoners holed up in mines / smoky darkness at night; pan to men wearing helmets walking to camera, flames shooting from equipment to side / reporters around prison doctor David Parker, whom the prisoners wanted removed / CU Parker / CU Warden Lacey Simpson; he removes hat / CU Simpson // CU Alabama Pitts
Title card: "Prison Star to Play Ball," Paramount News at bottom / CU baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis / [6/17/1935] CU former convict Edwin "Alabama" Pitts SOT thanking Landis and supporters / VS file prison facility; VO narrator speaks of prison riots due to leniency / brick prison guard tower, guard with rifle stands outside / looking through archway opening gates to building entrance / building, American flag flying in front // [Lansing, KS, 6/19/1935] prison guards in front of car / pan grounds of Kansas State Penitentiary / building structure with smoke emitting, VO narrator speaks of smoking out prisoners holed up in mines / smoky darkness at night; pan to men wearing helmets walking to camera, flames shooting from equipment to side / reporters around prison doctor David Parker, whom the prisoners wanted removed / CU Parker / CU Warden Lacey Simpson; he removes hat / CU Simpson // CU Alabama Pitts
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
2161780537
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
June 17, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:25:11
Location:
Albany, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006214_05_01