Video: 'Alcatraz Gun Battle (1946)'

(Thursday, May 2, 1946, 1:30 p.m. PST) — Violence erupted today during a foiled escape attempt at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay.

Video: 'Alcatraz 1934-1977 Part 3 of 6' (May 2-4, 1946, at 4:45)

The Battle of Alcatraz would claim the lives of three inmates and two correctional officers before it was put down two days later.

Video: 'Alcatraz 1934-1977 Part 4 of 6' (May 2-4, 1946, continued at 0:00)