Alcatraz 1934-1977 Part 1 of 6

[mugnolo4]

watch?v=9lruU01lnhQ



[crazyhorse1369]

They should reopen it . Texas Department of Criminal Justice units like the Hughs unit are just as run down if not worse than modern day alcatraz .

[bobby02907]

Nice

[LVilla74]

actually, they cought one in the late 90's i think. he was drunk inside a telephone booth one rainy night. he was dying of cancer and told the police, do you even know who i am?

[YoungMoney835]

Instead of executing, why not put prisoners here for the rest of their lives, they should re-build it :D

[jubyvera662]

been there is so creeepy .. the alcatraz .. is so creepy ..

[fukinblowme]

@jubyvera662 When I show up in your bedroom tonight while you're sleeping to have my way with you, will that be creepy too ?

[benbenben796]

@fukinblowme Funny I was thinking the same thing,and Im in Africa!

[typhon3808]

@CrazyGreaseFan Actually, no one is known to have successfully escaped Alcatraz. It was shut down in 1963 by RFK because of the cost to run the facility. I have also heard that in later years, the rules on the island weren't so draconian.

[acenace24]

Cant we put murders on spaceships and just throw them out into space to see what happens?

[PhilsMovies]

@acenace24 England did something simiar a few hundred years ago.

The area is now known as Austrailia.

[SANHEDRIN666]

@PhilsMovies yup and now look....our dollar is higher, our education is higher and we have more commodities. booyeah

[copburner]

@acenace24 probally would cost too much, not a bad idea tho

[benbenben796]

@acenace24 Actuallly,I read that there actually going to start that in 2014,should be quite interesting.



[Jokerskillforfun]

@acenace24 SPACE PIRATES

[Chronolyse]

I use to live on Yerba Buena Island as a kid. The light from Alcatraz's lighthouse use to enter my bedroom window and sometimes wake me up at night.

[chocoluver4]

when the guy said rehabilitation, i think u can guess what i was thinking of

[karen220485]

to glorify the most awfull place

[AquaPurificada]

Thats Hell.  fuck

[fortress1133]

Damn... If we had rules like this in today's prisons, there might be less crime...

[1892839389482908424]

COME VISIT ME AT ALCATRAZ >:)

--BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ

[15SonnyBlack]

very very good al Videos Greetings from Europa Germany..

[CrazyGreaseFan]

Mruhl316 they shut down because someone escaped and when someone escapes it's a High chance more can escape so bye bye Alcatraz and shut down and hello museum

[sculpen]

This narrator is great, it's the same guy who narrates the intro to Buck Rogers.

[stephenpyx]

The reason it was shutdown was because of financial difficulties iwth supporting it. There was talk of shutting it down from 1946 to the late to early sixties. That reasoning was because of the battle of the rock in 1946 when several prisoners attempted an escape but were stopped. As a result the prisoners locked up several guards in cells and randomly shot them. while guards tried to take their cell block back. US Marines were eventually called and it was the Marines who restored order.

[Mruhl316]

whyd they shutdown ?

[15peewee12]

kickstart25 ur so right i would be cool for a remake i would like to see how played the escapies

[okamipower]

wow.... creepy ....I heard that there were ghosts

[beautiful4beth]

ive been there! such an interesting place. whie i was there i met one of the guys who had gone to alcatraz, he was there for a book signing.

[kottfarsen]

thanks alot!

[Kickstart25]

Excellent documentary, thanks for uploading! Clint Eastwood's Alcatraz movie was cool, I remember watching when I was a kid. I think it's time they remake another Escape from Alcatraz movie.

[BINGLEY23]

thanks for the video, i love learning more about alcatraz

[dwilmer7]

was this documentary made in the 1800's? lol

[slazzer145]

alcatraz means Bird island....

[MistaNomak]

@slazzer145 you almost got it..La Isla de los Alcatraces," which translates as "The Island of the Pelicans" from the archaic Spanish alcatraz, "pelican",

[satellitedreams80]

Thanks for this interesting documentary!

[joshtj44]

I'm a history guy. This is great stuff...I recommend taking the tour if you are in the area. Although it was pouring down rain, I loved every second of it!!!

[hawkeyeislogical6]

what about henry young?

[slazzer145]

@hawkeyeislogical6 he is old now not young anymore..

[niceniggafigure]

damn i saw the movie but i never knew the story is true

[nikonguy102]

Ghiradelli chocolate started in alcatraz

[arielhottie123]

the anglin brothers are my great great cuzins by mairrage!!!

[bjroberts65]

william conrad...''cannon''...on the narration of this documentary.

[ByLinnieJ]

so interesting that you wachting it

[PhilsMovies]

History is interesting and important. Even the darker side of history MUST be remembered.

[darklord0689]

@PhilsMovies was alcatraz haunted

[safehouse123]

@PhilsMovies or maybe especially the darkest?

[dahoss65]

maybe someday you go there too. then you will find a great many interesting things. you'll have a lot of new friends and enemies, unique food and some rather odd bed mates. that sound good for you?

[waimster]

@jking251 we need to learn adapt what we done in the past and be more productive in the future

[lindxey2]

i got more 411 on the paranormal on alcatraz prison so its helpful but not all AND NO IT WOULD NOT BE GOOD TO TEAR DOWN PEICE OF HISTORY OF PARANORMAL AND THE PARANORMAL WHO LIVED THEIR WILL BE VERY ANGRY so u would not wanna do that.[Just Saying]

[cookiemovies]

Very interesting documentary. I´ve visited Alcatraz 10 years ago and shot there a documentary around Robert Stroud. I just posted it as an video answer. Apologize, it´s in german. The film has won several prizes on german amateur movie maker festivals.

[PhilsMovies]

any chance of getting your video with english sub titles or dubed in English?

[cookiemovies]

Phil, just inspected my harddisk and found the original written german commentary for my Alcatraz film. What I can do for you, is to translate the commentary and put on YT as subtitles. Dubbing will be more problematic, I´ve edited the movie in an old Premiere version, which I can not install anymore. It depends on the purpose for what you would need the film. I can import the avi, speak the commentary in english, make an voice over, export it and upload it once again or send you a DVD.

Martin

[merahboy69]

@cookiemovies when you go pro let us know. until then dont waste our time ok dude

[jokerzwild2140]

Alcatraz Escape death bed confession

coming out in July 2010.

[twilightlovaomada]

alcatraz was from 1934-1963 not 1977

[PhilsMovies]

But the documentary covered up until 1977. Think about it.

[jandee1992]

@PhilsMovies But the documentary covered Alcatraz prior to 1934, also. It should either be 1934-1963, the years of Alcatraz, or the years that are covered.

[weirdone156]

after it closed the native americans took it over for like 2 years

[lindxey2]

see! it says in the video the video i watched be4 said to 1963 so it clearly states that it was abondened from 1963 from this day forward. the prison had the most baddest prisoners such as,murrders,muggers,robbers. and if u think im 5 im 12 and im good when it comes to paranormal but those are the basic faxts about alcatrwaz prison

[timstime1970]

I hear they are talking about reopening Alcatraz as a Death Row prison

[PhilsMovies]

Not Gonna Happen. There are many reasons why, not the least of which is the cost involved.

[jaidee76]

r u serious?

[PhilsMovies]

Oh yes I am quite serious. It would be cheaper to tear Alcatraz down to the ground and rebuild then it would be to open it up agian. Further, because of UN mandate, the cells would be to small today.

[schuey999]

I heard there is a movement to tear the prison buildings down and build some type of park. Something more becoming than the stark looking building that currently exists.

[freerunnerthebest]

a man was escaped from alcatraz but he was so happy that he sceamd I AM FREE

[katsumaranda]

these old movies have such poetic narration. "rampant lawlessness of the thirties"? you don't get stuff like that anymore

[SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1]

true,i dont usually admire narration in fact i never do but this stands out.

[barbee54321]

last tyme i wuz there i took pix n there wasnt ne thng wrong w/ em til i got em developed and i saw sum figures. esp in the cell pix

[at1212b]

Alcatraz and just the journey to San Francisco was just awesome. That feeling being across the bay and just knowing about the history, and the fact that people actually lived there.

[INDLIS]

Alcatraz isn't exactly an escape proof prison. It was actually considered to be difficult to escape from because of the bay.

[INDLIS]

The real hazard around Alcatraz was the bay and its deadly currents that could pull you toward the Pacific OCean.

[tripleccc121]

i've been there and saw a gaurd the iside gives you a chill up your spine.

[HunkyMunky007]

Thanks for posting this. I have the whole set of William Conrad as Matt Dillion in the radio version of Gunsmoke. He always does great work.

[WindStormNinja]

Great video THX 4 posting.

[warpedrotor]

I just visited, amazing place, great self guided tour using personal audio devices. Worth the trip, book in advance.

[Marcfj]

No one in recorded history has ever been attacked by a shark in San Francisco Bay. In 1960 there was a guy killed by a shark at the mouth of the bay at Baker's Beach. But, inside the Golden Gate it has never happened, never!

[PhilsMovies]

So True. So very true. However the people going to Alcatraz did not know that.

[Champowner]

The only sharks inside the bay are harmless bottom feeders. Great whites stay farther out to sea where the seals and sea lions are. However, guards encouraged the lie about the sharks because most inmates came from areas far from the sea. They were used to freshwater ponds or little swimming holes. Saltwater bodies were the domain of sharks which was why the Navy and merchant marine used to have trouble recruiting away from the coastal states.

[sk8erboy1414]

i'm reading a book at the moment on Alcatraz called "escape from Alcatraz" by don Denavi. In the chapter i'm reading its talking about if Frank Lee Morris , JW (John) and Clarence Anglin had drowned how long would it take for their bodies to surface. They say if it is bitten or if it hit a rock the body will never surface and the they talked about the 1 shark in the water 1 no more have been recorded. i'm guessing its the same or something else.

[Didyomom]

How in the world people escaped.. Weren't sharks in the water?

[PhilsMovies]

Yes there are sharks in San Francisco bay. And the Alcatraz officials made sure the inmates knew it. But what they did NOT tell the inmates what the sharks in the bay were bottom feeders and NOT man eaters. There was also the myth that they dould catch sharks and cut the fins off of one side of their body causing them to only swim circls around the island. This was not true at all.

[Didyomom]

wow thnx so much i never knew that. Have you been to Alcatraz. Is it haunted

[PhilsMovies]

I have not been to Alcatraz in 20 years. I do hope to go soon. And as far as it being haunted, there are some who say it is, but I personally do not belive in ghosts.

[Didyomom]

o ok. wow the most notorious killers went here like Al capone that is interesting

[mazingmikey]

I was there last year,

there doing renovations,

and i met some of the gaurds/inmates from years back (70 year anniversary)

[jdragon718]

i agree with you ghosts aren`t real that`s a piece bullshit

[Kimberlene]

Actually, no prison inmates never escape from the bay. From the prison it self, but never from the bay.

[ronn52]

I just viewed your Alcatraz vids; damn fine work you've done. So informing, so well shot/narrated. I really enjoyed sitting back/watching....KEEP UP THE AWSOME WORK

[ALeXXX8787]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh thanksss :)

[PhilsMovies]

You Are Most Certainly Welcome!

[colton7823]

thanks I have always been interested in alcatraz.I even toured it once it was really weird and i saw the cell those people escaped from but anyway thanks

[PhilsMovies]

You are welcome. :D

[agnitumpl]

fuck i would like to be american or english so i would understand everything, now i understand only 1/9 this...fuck fuck fuck but thx for uploading 5 stars

[y2bs]

you are certainly right phil

[y2bs]

thanks dude i always wanted to know more about alcatraz.

you rock

[PhilsMovies]

You are most certainly welcome. Remember, the Internet is all about sharing!

[alcOfeen1]

my dad was in alcatraz

[FUl0VECk]

are you serious?you should tell us about it? that's crazy!

[Gamemanlover]

dude thanks so much i love learning about this prison its so intersiting thanks again :)

[LiebestodEngel]

thanks again :)

[PhilsMovies]

No problem! Remember, the internet is all about sharing!

[THEPARAREG]

thanx for the vidz, enjoyed'em :)

[cdtdk]

Thanks for uploading this!

[PhilsMovies]

You Are Most Certainly Welcome! :)