| CHESSMAN - THE END Caryl Chessman is finally executed after prison failed to get the latest stay of execution in time. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 159726 | |
| Clip Number: | 159726-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 60/37 | |
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| Location: | California | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Kidnapping CRIME: Robbery & Theft CRIME: Sex-Related JOURNALISM: Press Conference LAW: Enforcement, Prisons LAW: Punishment, Death Penalty / Execution LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California OCCUPATIONS: Journalism, Reporters OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement, Police | |
| Description: | MISSING 12/17/2003 Chessman - the end. Caryl Chessman is executed 12 years after sentencing for sex crimes, kidnapping and robbery when a secretary misdialed the number and failed to deliver the latest stay of execution in time. California. L/S exterior of San Quentin prison. M/S guard's tower. M/S guard patrolling wall of prison. Various shots of prison buildings, a guard in the middle of the picture is standing in front of building known as condemned row. Interior M/S prisoner Caryl Chessman being interviewed by pressmen at a conference. Various shots of Chessman being interviewed. C/U of him smoking. Various shots of him, camera pans across journalists. Exterior of the main prison buildings. L/S buildings showing the gas chamber at the far end of an alley next to condemned row. M/S interior Chessman giving one of his last interviews to Ralph Champion of the 'Daily Mirror' one to one. Various shots of the interview. M/S as Chessman and Champion stand up and shake hands. C/U Chessman. | |
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