90009_43770_Alameda_County_Jail
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Footage shows the Alameda County Jail and some of its prisoners in the late ‘70s.
Begins with a shot of the kitchen. A counter is stacked with bowls, and steam rises from metal containers, perhaps filled with hot food.
A book shelf is packed with books and a set of red encyclopedias.
The badge and patch of an Alameda County sheriff is seen on his khaki uniform.
A group of inmates play a game of pool, billiards. Another group plays ping pong while their fellow inmates look on amused.
One guy with a beard smokes a cigarette and eyes the camera.