Reel Number: 221260-19
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1948
Country: USA
Location: New York City,NYC
TC Begins: 06:24:08
TC Ends: 06:25:36
Duration: 00:01:28
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Kasenkina, Oksana w/ Broken Legs After Freedom Leap, 1948 In wheelchair w/ broken legs accompanied by two NYC policemen wheeled out by nurses past press photographers. Wheeled into room & shaking hands. Many photographers w/ speed graphic cameras taking flash pictures. Additional shots. Newsreel cameramen. 06:25:03 Ext. of Roosevelt Hospital w/ sign on bricks in LS & MCU. CU sign: Quiet Hospital Street Drive Slowly. NOTE: Kasenkina was a school teacher who jumped from 3rd floor window of USSR consulate in NYC to escape. Cold War; Escapee; Political Asylum;