Documentary - 50 mins
Audience - General
Classification - Exempt
Region - 0
Format - PAL
Language - English

Product weight 120g

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Rising through the dense fog lying like a blanket on San Francisco Bay, appears the silhouette of an icon of penal incarceration - The Rock.

At the time of its construction Alcatraz was considered the most escape proof prison in America and a more than adequate solution to the alarming rise in organised criminal activity and violent crime which had blighted the nation. Heavily armed guards, tool-proof bars and shark-infested waters did little however to prevent some of her more creative inmates from attempting the seemingly impossible - to escape from Alcatraz Island.

Join us as we examine some of the "breaks-for-freedom"- the plans behind the attempts and determine if anyone was ever successful in defying The Rock.

Scene Selection

Tool-Proof Bars
The Hole
Escalating Violence
Floyd Hamilton
Salt Corrosion
End of an Era

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