Hauptmann Execution Announcement & Description
Press room seen from front w/ reporters in hats standing & sitting at tables w/ typewriters, telegraph keys etc. Bruno Hauptmann death at 8:49 is announced. Reporters talk about the exact time. Various shots. Reporter lights cigarette. Several women reporters.
03:33:11 Woman reporter in polka dot dress wearing hat in MCU seen concentrating on story. Reporters dictating story describing death to telegraph operator operating key.
03:33:53 Colonel ?? in MCU answers questions about last hours of Hauptmann. Describes first voltage at 8:41 & pronounced dead at 8:47.5. “...seemed to be normal all the way through. The doctors had a little difficulty in determining whether he was dead or not which took up...two or three minutes of extra time.” Poses for photographers. “He did not make any statement or protest his innocence...” “How long will you keep the body?”
03:36:32 ?? asked how he acted when he entered the death house. “He promised he was going to die like a man...” “He said not a word.”
03:37:40 ?? (witness) asked “Was his step firm?” “Did he seem frightened?” “What impressed you most in the execution chamber?”
03:38:50 CU reporter typing
03:39:03 MCU of reporter asking ?? “What time did Hauptmann go to the chair?” Describes that doctors couldn’t decide if he was dead. “His face was distorted...eyes wide open...” Describes his walk to the chair & the scene of execution.
Crimes; Executions; Death Penalty; Lindbergh Kidnapping; Newspaper Reporters; Journalists;
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Hauptmann Execution Announcement & Description Press room seen from front w/ reporters in hats standing & sitting at tables w/ typewriters, telegraph keys etc. Bruno Hauptmann death at 8:49 is announced. Reporters talk about the exact time. Various shots. Reporter lights cigarette. Several women reporters. 03:33:11 Woman reporter in polka dot dress wearing hat in MCU seen concentrating on story. Reporters dictating story describing death to telegraph operator operating key. 03:33:53 Colonel ?? in MCU answers questions about last hours of Hauptmann. Describes first voltage at 8:41 & pronounced dead at 8:47.5. “...seemed to be normal all the way through. The doctors had a little difficulty in determining whether he was dead or not which took up...two or three minutes of extra time.” Poses for photographers. “He did not make any statement or protest his innocence...” “How long will you keep the body?” 03:36:32 ?? asked how he acted when he entered the death house. “He promised he was going to die like a man...” “He said not a word.” 03:37:40 ?? (witness) asked “Was his step firm?” “Did he seem frightened?” “What impressed you most in the execution chamber?” 03:38:50 CU reporter typing 03:39:03 MCU of reporter asking ?? “What time did Hauptmann go to the chair?” Describes that doctors couldn’t decide if he was dead. “His face was distorted...eyes wide open...” Describes his walk to the chair & the scene of execution. Crimes; Executions; Death Penalty; Lindbergh Kidnapping; Newspaper Reporters; Journalists;