- Title: V-A6230
- Summary: STORIES OF THE CENTURY - "FRANK & JESSE JAMES": WITH LEE VAN CLEEF, DALE VAN SICKLE, TYLER MCDUFF, RICHARD TRAVIS. HALF HOUR WESTERN ADVENTURE SERIES ABOUT A PAIR OF DETECTIVES FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD. HISTORICAL RECREATIONS, RE-ENACTMENTS BASED ON TRUE STORIES FROM OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS FILES & RECORDS. DRAMATIZATIONS OF REAL EVENTS. FRANK AND JESSE JAMES, JAMES GANG
- Description:03:52:02 - STEAM LOCOMOTIVE RAILROAD TRAIN RACING ALONG TRACK WITH BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM STACK 03:52:13 - CU RACING HORSES HOOVES. GANG RIDING ACROSS FIELDS & ON TRAIL SHOOTING 03:52:38 - EXT/NIGHT: DETECTIVES SURROUNDING FARM HOUSE 03:53:05 - LAWMEN LIGHTING & TOSSING METAL BOMB TYPE FLARE INTO HOUSE. MS FIREPLACE BLOWING UP 03:53:26 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINE JESSE JAMES HOMESTEAD BOMBED JESSE & FRANK JAMES ANGRY THAT HIS MOTHER & YOUNG BROTHER WERE KILLED. PLANNING REVENGE. DECLARE WAR ON LAWMEN 03:54:50 - U S MAIL STAGECOACHCARRYING PAIR OF RAILROAD DETECTIVES ROBBED BY THE JAMES GANG. MS FRISKING MAN. PASSENGER TRIES TO ESCAPE SHOT ON THE SPOT 03:58:45 - STAGE COACHES RIDING INTO SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI 03:58:56 - FRANKIE POSING AS POST OFFICE MISTRESS IN SMALL GENERAL STORE 03:59:06 - MAN WALKING OUT OF HOUSE WITH ROOM FOR RENT SIGN POSTED 03:59:12 - JESSE JAMES WALKS INTO POST OFFICE, ASKS FOR A STAMP. FRANKIE RECOGNIZES HIM. MATT WALKS IN, SHE TELLS HIM JESSE JUST LEFT, OPENS LETTER HE LEFT TO POST ON STEAM FROM FIRE, READS IT ALOUD TO MATT PRETENDING TO READ NEWSPAPER 04:02:04 - AMERICAN FLAG HANGING IN FRONT OF KANSAS CITY POST OFFICE 04:02:13 - INSIDE POST OFFICE, DETECTIVES HANGING AROUND MAN WALKS IN ASKS FOR LETTER JESSE JAMES POSTED MATT FOLLOWS HIM THRU TOWN 04:03:24 - MAN STOPS IN STREET WHERE ANOTHER OUTLAW IS HIDING IN DOORWAY SAYS "MAKE SURE I'M NOT FOLLOWED". MATT FOLLOWING HIM IS STOPPED BY PISTOL TO THE HEAD BY MAN HIDING IN DOORWAY, THEY FIGHT, MAN DETECTIVE WAS FOLLOWING COMES BACK & TWO AGAINST ONE, MATT IS BEATEN, PISTOL WHIPPED & LEFT IN ALLEYWAY 04:04:30 - JAMES GANG RIDING INTO TOWN, CHECKING OUT WATERVILLE NATIONAL BANK. FOLLOW WAGON CARRYING RICH WOMEN DRIVEN BY BLACK DRIVER. HOLD THEM HOSTAGE 04:06:03 - JAMES GANG PUTTING UP BARRICADE ACROSS RAILROAD TRAIN TRACKS, SET IT AFIRE, AMBUSH TRAIN, TRAIN ROBBERY, STEAL HUGE SAFE 04:08:37 - PIONEER TELEGRAPH COMPANY, TWIN BLUFFS DISTRICT CU TAPPING MESSAGE ON WIRE TELEGRAPH MACHINE 04:08:44 - POV RIDING UNDER TELEGRAPH WIRES 04:08:47 - DETECTIVES LOOKING FOR CLUES. LS WAGON TRAIN DETECTIVES SUSPICIOUS, POV LOOKING THRU BINOCULARS RECOGNIZE JESSE JAMES IN WAGON TRAIN, LAWMEN ATTACK, SHOOT OUT GOOD GUYS VS BAD GUYS WAGONS CRASHING, MEN FALLING OFF HORSES, DUCKING FOR COVER. JESSE & FRANK JAMES ESCAPE. 04:11:57 - LAWMEN WIN, TAKING OUTLAWS INTO CUSTODY. DETECTIVES OPENING SAFE POUR OUT COINS 04:13:04 - DETECTIVE IN KANSAS CITY POLICE HEADQUARTERS WHEN MAN IS BROUGHT IN CIRCA 1882 TRYING TO GET REWARD MONEY. TRIES TO MAKE DEAL WITH THE LAW 04:14:26 - BUSY TOWN IN MISSOURI. HUSTLE & BUSTLE IN STREETS 04:14:32 - MS SMALL HOUSE WHERE JAMES GANG ARE IN HIDING 04:14:41 - JESSE JAMES WIPING SWEAT FROM NECK WITH HANDKERCHIEF, OPENS DOOR TO STREET & TAKES OFF HIS COAT. TAKING OFF GUN BELT. TWO OF HIS GANG COME IN SHOOT JESSE JAMES FOR REWARD MONEY 04:15:35 - JESSE JAMES TURNS HIS BACK AND CLEANS OFF PICTURE OF HORSE 04:15:58 - ROBERT FORD SHOTS GUN AND KILLS JESSE JAMES IN THE BACK 04:16:01 - TWO MEN RUNNING OUT OF HOUSE, CROWD OF CURIOUS ONLOOKERS GATHER IN FRONT OF HOUSE 04:16:15 - DETECTIVES LEAVING SCENE OF THE CRIME. MAN HELPING WOMAN MOUNT HORSE, MOUNTS HIS HORSE, RIDE OUT OF TOWN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-A6230