| FIVE SHOT IN US CONGRESS Shooting of five congressmen by three Puerto Ricans in U.S. Congress. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5756 |
| Catalog #: | 225552 | |
| Clip Number: | 225552-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 54/20 | |
| Timecode: | 01:58:14 - 02:00:25 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Assassinations CRIME: Investigation GOVERNMENT: United States INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LAW: Enforcement, Arrest (Apprehension) LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 235151 ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN U.S. CONGRESS. The Puerto Ricans led the attack on the House of Representatives to call attention to demands for Puerto Rico's independence from the United States. Washington DC, USA (U.S.A., United States of America). GV pan to Capitol police arriving and ambulance. SV other police arriving. CU police milling around, & CU. SV Puerto Rican Fanatic Raphael Miranda being held by police, & SV, being hustled away. SV Andres Cordero being held by police. SV Lolita Lebron being held by Police. SCU Cordero, pan to Lebron, & SV. SCU Lebron being hustled into police wagon. SV ambulance backing up to Capitol. SC Naval medics arriving. CU pan, little black bag of medics. SV back view, medics going into Capitol. SV Alvin Bentley being carried out of Capitol. SV police pushing cameramen away. SV pan, ambulance carries Bentley away. AS people watching from Capitol steps. STV Clifford Davis, a Democrat leader, being carried out on stretcher, & SV. Back view, SCU pan, Capitol doorkeeper William Belcher being carried out, he suffered heart attack, & SV into ambulance. AS people watching from Capitol. SV Republican Benjamin Jenson in ambulance. LV Representative Charles Halleck standing by bullet ripped desk. CU desk. SCU damaged chair top, & CU. SV Representative Van Zandt who helped disarm gunman showing bullet hole in chair, & CU. CU Luger handgun being taken from Lebron's handbag. SCU two other pistols used in shoot-up. AS sign 'Homicide Squad'. SV reporters at police Head Quarters. SCU 4th member of gang, Irving Flores being led in. SV pressmen around Lebron. SCU Lebron. SCU Cordero being led off by police. SV Miranda being led off. | |
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