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Audio Tape Carrier

Carrier No: 724-2-1

Component: 724-2 Interview with Michael Smith

Work: 724  Interview with Michael Smith

Item Id: 6703

Format: Audio Tape

Rack No: AUD.667

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Notes:
Contents description field reads : "MICHAEL SMITH INTERVIEW.  WHEN I CAME TO ATTICA I HAD APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS SERVICE AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, AND MY OBSERVATIONS WERE THAT THE INMATES WERE DIS-SATISFIED WITH THE SYSTEM. DON NOBLE SHOWED ME A LIST OF DEMANDS THEY HAD PREPARED FOR THE GOVERNOR."

Notes : Sound report inside of box."

Contents description field reads : "MICHAEL SMITH INTERVIEW. INMATES & CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS LACKED COMMUNICATION, PARTLY BECAUSE OF  THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS FROM WHICH THEY CAME. OFFICERS FOR THE MOST  PART WERE FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES OR HAD GROWN UP THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT WEREN'T AS OUTWARD AS KU KLUX KLANSMEN"

Contents description field reads : "MICHAEL SMITH INTERVIEW.  I WAS LED BLINDFOLDED TO THE TOP OF THE CATWALK, & ALTHOUGH I WAS  BLINDFOLDED, THE CONVERSATION OF THE INMATES THAT SURROUNDED ME INDICATED THAT THERE WERE SHARP-SHOOTERS WITH GUNS THAT WERE ON THE ROOFTOPS LOCATED AROUND US."

Contents description field reads : "MICHAEL SMITH INTERVIEW. INITIALLY THERE WAS A LOT OF CHAOS IN THE TAKEOVER. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW EASILY THIS FORTRESS FELL.THERE WAS NO PLAN, I HAD NEVER BEEN INSTRUCTED ON HOW TO HANDLE A RIOT SITUATION, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT WAS AMAZING TO ME"

Front of container reads: "Blackside - Prize II ; 22 Aug 89 ; Snd# 352 ; Goes with Pix# 3114-7 : CTTC ; Camera 24 FPS ; Sync ; Tails out 1/2 track ; Stereo ; 7 1/2 ips ; master ;
Recordist: Colin Macnab ; 30 FPS Non-Drop Code ; item #10262"