Former People’s Temple Adherents Interview/Jones’ Mendocino County Compound

Year Published: 1978

Complete Record: Remainder of the interview of two former Peoples’ Temple adherents; woman talks about how the State Department did not investigate the situation properly and that it was left to a congressional investigation; MS of the couple speaking with the reporter but without any audio; man talks about how the only person who successfully got out of Jonestown was Debbie Blakey; this couple’s names are apparently Jeff and Margaret; talks about Congressman Ryan and his trip to Jonestown; next clip is a press conference given by a middle-aged white man (last name Garry) talking about Congressman Ryan and how he and his party were ambushed in Jonestown; Garry continues to talk about the ambush and begins to cry; next clip is very dark and is likey interior shots in the Peoples’ Temple’s compound in Mendocino County; CU on a stained glass window; exterior shots of various buildings; CU on a silo?; next clip is a white woman reporter on location in Ukiah interviewing a man on a residential street about Jonestown; MS on a barren vineyard; some more exterior shots of various buildings in the compound; next clip is an interview of a man in Assessor’s Office in Mendocino County; talks about how Jim Jones came and build a church and started to purchase property in the county; talks about how the church property was exempt from property taxes; next clip shows a man and woman crossing the street in Ukiah; another exterior shot of a home and other buildings; some more shots of barren fields and vineyards; CU on a watchtower? or some other type of building in a field; next clip is an interview of a middle-aged white man talking about Jonestown; he is apparently a member of the District Attorney’s Office; talks about the bribe scandal