Design for Correction (1963, sound)
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Description:
Description: The design and building of a Federal Prison in Marion, Illinois. Produced by Southern Illinois University in 1963.
Note in can: "Design for Correction / SIU / A documentary which describes the concept, design and construction of the new 10 million dollar federal maximum security penitentiary at Marion, Illinois. / 1963"
On screen title: "Provided through the governor's commission on criminal administration grant #71-A-1969-C-18"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1960s,Law enforcement,Architecture,Construction
Tags: fluorescent corridors; maps; prisoners; uniforms; card catalogs; Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge; Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum Architects; scale models; shirtless; bulldozer; pouring concrete; steel cables; smoking; construction workers; cranes; I-beams; rebar; welding; louvered windows; rotating altar; gurneys; shuffleboard; ping pong; baseball diamonds; prison libraries; cafeterias; conduits; wires; buses; prisons; inmates; inmate record cards; mugshots; soundtrack; horn music; Department of Justice; men in a meeting; architectural drawings; poured concrete walls; sparks; inmate labor; prison cells; prison chapel; guard towers; prison industrial complex; PIC; Federal Bureau of Prisons; Federal Prison System; rehabilitation; prison reform; penitentiaries; architects; Japanese American people; Asian American architects; Gyo Obata; corrections; carceral architecture
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Southern Illinois University Film Productions, Donald E. Staples
Credits: Presented by Southern Illinois University Film Productions
in cooperation with
U.S. Department of Justice
Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General
Bureau of Prisons
James V. Bennett, Director
and
Southern Illinois University Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Correction
Myrl E. Alexander, Director
"Music for Brass Instruments" by Ingolf Dahl
played by the Southern Illinois University Brass Ensemble
William F. Betterton
Gordon K. Chadwick
Glen Daum
David A. Friend
Phillip Olsson
Melvin Siener
Donald E. Staples, writer and director
Loren Cocking, asst. director and cameraman
Howard W. Cotton, asst. cameraman
Leon Bennett, narrator
Frank R. Paine, producer
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Prelinger Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date:
Release Date: 1963
Geographical Location: Marion, Illinois; Henderson, Kentucky; USA; Illinois; Kentucky
Genre/Form: nonfiction
Language: eng
Rights: "copyright (c) 1963
Southern Illinois University
all rights reserved"
No renewal found in Copyright Office database.
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: print, positive
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: sound
Film Soundtrack Type: optical
Edge Code: plus triangle
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 704
Complete Record: Description: The design and building of a Federal Prison in Marion, Illinois. Produced by Southern Illinois University in 1963. Note in can: "Design for Correction / SIU / A documentary which describes the concept, design and construction of the new 10 million dollar federal maximum security penitentiary at Marion, Illinois. / 1963" On screen title: "Provided through the governor's commission on criminal administration grant #71-A-1969-C-18" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1960s,Law enforcement,Architecture,Construction Tags: fluorescent corridors; maps; prisoners; uniforms; card catalogs; Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge; Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum Architects; scale models; shirtless; bulldozer; pouring concrete; steel cables; smoking; construction workers; cranes; I-beams; rebar; welding; louvered windows; rotating altar; gurneys; shuffleboard; ping pong; baseball diamonds; prison libraries; cafeterias; conduits; wires; buses; prisons; inmates; inmate record cards; mugshots; soundtrack; horn music; Department of Justice; men in a meeting; architectural drawings; poured concrete walls; sparks; inmate labor; prison cells; prison chapel; guard towers; prison industrial complex; PIC; Federal Bureau of Prisons; Federal Prison System; rehabilitation; prison reform; penitentiaries; architects; Japanese American people; Asian American architects; Gyo Obata; corrections; carceral architecture Film Sponsor: Creator: Southern Illinois University Film Productions, Donald E. Staples Credits: Presented by Southern Illinois University Film Productions in cooperation with U.S. Department of Justice Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General Bureau of Prisons James V. Bennett, Director and Southern Illinois University Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Correction Myrl E. Alexander, Director "Music for Brass Instruments" by Ingolf Dahl played by the Southern Illinois University Brass Ensemble William F. Betterton Gordon K. Chadwick Glen Daum David A. Friend Phillip Olsson Melvin Siener Donald E. Staples, writer and director Loren Cocking, asst. director and cameraman Howard W. Cotton, asst. cameraman Leon Bennett, narrator Frank R. Paine, producer Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1963 Geographical Location: Marion, Illinois; Henderson, Kentucky; USA; Illinois; Kentucky Genre/Form: nonfiction Language: eng Rights: "copyright (c) 1963 Southern Illinois University all rights reserved" No renewal found in Copyright Office database. Film Format: 16mm film Element: print, positive Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: optical Edge Code: plus triangle Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 704
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