[Thomaston Lockdown Outtakes]

Date1980

AbstractSlugs indicate missing scenes. // Lockdown at Maine State Prison in Thomaston; 90 troopers spend almost a month at the Maine State Prison as part of 'Operation Safety' when intelligence indicates the possibility of an inmate uprising; the lockdown is the largest assignment of troopers over an extended period in State Police history; footage includes State Police and special services vans pulling up; police unloading equipment and bringing it into white house; exterior footage of prison; trucks outside garrison entrance and entering; state prison sign; press conference on prison structure reform, weapons in prison, warden being reassigned; officers at sunset and sunrise outside jail; interviews on street; State Police barracks; State Police car on highway; press conference without audio; government official and officers examining weapons; interior footage of reporters in the prison; exterior footage of prison at night.

Viewing NotesRoadside vehicle with voiceover radio conversation can be heard; fog obscures houses and treelined streets; SUVs and police vehicles park off the road; men and cargo emerge; equipment is dispersed and set up; exterior shots of the warehouse receiving entrance; exterior footage of the Maine State Prison Vehicle Entrance; clips from the governor's news conferences answering a range of questions about the prison system and the situation in particular; silent footage of the conference meeting members; voice over out-takes; shots of police vehicles in parked positions; an unidentified resident says she thinks the prisoners have more freedoms than the guards at the prison; shots of areas near the prison; shots of uniformed men entering a building; patrol cars positioned on the highway;