7-31-1957 Leopold Press Conference
Identifier
F.2012-03-0356
Date Of Production
July 31 1957
Abstract
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. speaks at a press conference at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois on July 31, 1957.
University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were imprisoned for the kidnap and murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924. They committed the murder in order to demonstrate their intellectual superiority, which they believed made them capable of carrying out the "perfect crime."
University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were imprisoned for the kidnap and murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924. They committed the murder in order to demonstrate their intellectual superiority, which they believed made them capable of carrying out the "perfect crime."
Description
The film begins with several exterior shots of the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois and then a shot of Nathan Leopold as he enters a room prepared for a press conference. Leopold thanks Governor Stratton and the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board for their review of his case and then expresses his intention to request a rehearing of his petition for conditional release under parole. When asked about his plans if paroled, he indicates an aspiration to work as a medical technician in a church hospital in Puerto Rico. The film concludes as the camera explores the layout of a prison cell and the door slides shut.
Leopold was released on parole on March 13, 1958. Shortly thereafter, he began working as a lab technician at a hospital operated by the Brethren Service Commission in Puerto Rico.
Leopold was released on parole on March 13, 1958. Shortly thereafter, he began working as a lab technician at a hospital operated by the Brethren Service Commission in Puerto Rico.
Run Time
2 min 44 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
100 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Form
Subject
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Distributor
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Leopold, Nathan (is participant)
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