Tower, directed & produced by Keith Maitland ; produced by Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbride ; a co-production of Tower Documentary LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
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Tower, directed & produced by Keith Maitland ; produced by Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbride ; a co-production of Tower Documentary LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Tower
Oclc number
971504079
Responsibility statement
directed & produced by Keith Maitland ; produced by Susan Thomson, Megan Gilbride ; a co-production of Tower Documentary LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
Runtime
82
Summary
On August first, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. This documentary combines archival footage with animated re-enactments of the dramatic day, based entirely on first person testimonies from witnesses, heroes, and survivors, in a seamless and suspenseful retelling of the unfolding tragedy
Technique
animation and live action
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- Documentary films
- DVD-Video discs
- School shootings -- Texas -- Austin
- Mass murder -- Texas -- Austin
- Documentaires
- Documentaries and Factual Films
- Animated films -- United States
- Meurtre multiple dans les écoles -- Texas -- Austin
- Murderers -- Texas -- Austin
- Whitman, Charles Joseph, 1941-1966
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Closed captioning
- Meurtre multiple -- États-Unis
- Mass murder -- United States
- Meurtre multiple -- Texas -- Austin
- Meurtriers -- Texas -- Austin
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
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- DVD-Video discs
- School shootings -- Texas -- Austin
- Mass murder -- Texas -- Austin
- Documentaires
- Documentaries and Factual Films
- Animated films -- United States
- Meurtre multiple dans les écoles -- Texas -- Austin
- Murderers -- Texas -- Austin
- Whitman, Charles Joseph, 1941-1966
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Closed captioning
- Meurtre multiple -- États-Unis
- Mass murder -- United States
- Meurtre multiple -- Texas -- Austin
- Meurtriers -- Texas -- Austin
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
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