The Jungle (part 1)

dramatization/documentary of 60's Philadelphia gang life by the 12-Oxford Film corp.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• North
• Philly
• gangs

[Megawords]

The only thing i know is it was made by Harold Haskins and the 12&oxford film corp. There is a picture of some of these same guys in front of a storefront and sign for 12OX, in book public wall writing in philadelphia, published by freenewsprojects. peace!!!

[crock703]

I've been all over the east coast, spent a couple months in Bushwick & Flatbush BK, passed through Camden NJ, am from outside D.C.

Philly is the roughest east coast city in my opinion. Like Detroit, it has big bombed out areas -- too big to police and too isolated/remote, so that people aren't crossing through a saner/safer world outside it enough.

[robbyroc31]

This film was shown along with slide shows of dead teens on slabs in the 70's in schools around Philly to try to stop the gang volience at that time. In the early '70s, Philly led the nation in gang-related deaths at around 40 a year.

[blackmale78]

@elmoskater REALLY THO YOUR GONNA CALL ME AN IDIOT? IS IT THAT SERIOUS? When you just said your yourself that if im talkin about the 60S (in which I was cause thats when the video was made,) that you have no idea right? So only a dickhead would make a comment like that elmo.

[elmoskater]

@blackmale78 no your an idiot in watts the murder rates average was 112 per 100000 people and some times was higher then that it was higher then any were else in the country i am talking about the 90s not the 60s tho if ur talking about the 60s well i have no idea but i no that in the 90s places in la were worse then any were else in the country infact watts murder rate back then is close to what jaurez is today which is the worlds worst city of this decade

[blackmale78]

@elmoskater check your history not debating what your saying, but Philly gang violence ranked pass anything in L.A at the time and ranked up there with Chicago

[radiocortijo]

ES GENIAL

[JohnnyFriendly]

Interesting example of proto-rap. Stomps all over the modern variant,IMO

Also, isn't it funny how these cats were dressed sharp as hell but constantly got into rumbles. Did they not worry about getting their threads ripped in such unrestrained fisticuffs?

[elmoskater]

@robbyroc31 40 a year is nothing areas in los angeles have way more watts had about 40 a yer and it had a population of 30000 philly has 1500000if watts had the same population it would have 1500 a year

[king7allah]

U can tell cats on YouTube don"t know what's up. That was the style back then the process hairdos . But u can feel the rawness in 1967. look at the things that was happening in the 60"s .Kennedy, Malcolm and Martin were assassinated John Coltrane died 1967 this is some classic shit!!!!!!!!

[NAPPYMON361]

WHERE THA CUP MANE.. NIGGAZ BACKWASH IN THA BOTTLE I WOULD SAY NAW TOO..

[NAPPYMON361]

THIS IZ THA FIRST TIME I SAW NIGGAZ WITH STRAIGHT HAIR LIKE KRACKAZ THEY NEED SUM NAPPY 

[brosegotgame21]

My step dad was apart of this 12OX crew his name was Apple. He passed away jan of this year