In Memory of Susan Denise Atkins-Whitehouse
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In March 1970,
we are in a corridor of the Hall of Justice
in Los Angeles, California.
Susan and her former associates are walking toward us
in an AP film clip.
We are at one end of the corridor,
Susan and her former associates
are at the far end.
All sound is as it occurred.
At their end of the corridor,
there is a spotlight on a stand facing toward them.
To their left, the wall along the corridor
is lined with people holding cameras,
movie cameras, microphones.
Some are standing, some squatting.
Camera flashes pop,
movie cameras roll,
microphones get as close as they can.
Susan and her former associates are wearing mini-skirts.
Susan's long dark hair is flowing.
As they walk toward us,
they are led and followed by female guards,
the lead guard almost directly in front of Susan.
From our point of view,
Susan is to the left.
The trailing guard is to the right.
Behind them are 2 plain-clothes gentlemen.
In March 1970,
we are in a corridor of the Hall of Justice
in Los Angeles, California.
Susan and her former associates are walking toward us
in an AP film clip.
We are at one end of the corridor,
Susan and her former associates
are at the far end.
All sound is as it occurred.
At their end of the corridor,
there is a spotlight on a stand facing toward them.
To their left, the wall along the corridor
is lined with people holding cameras,
movie cameras, microphones.
Some are standing, some squatting.
Camera flashes pop,
movie cameras roll,
microphones get as close as they can.
Susan and her former associates are wearing mini-skirts.
Susan's long dark hair is flowing.
As they walk toward us,
they are led and followed by female guards,
the lead guard almost directly in front of Susan.
From our point of view,
Susan is to the left.
The trailing guard is to the right.
Behind them are 2 plain-clothes gentlemen.
Susan and her former associates are getting closer to us.
They are loosely holding hands.
We hear Susan and her former associates singing.
They seem as happy as can be.
The leading guard is about to pass to the left of the camera.
Before she does, she smiles at the male guard who is waiting
here at our end of the corridor to her right,
who comes into the scene in a moment.
The group stops walking right in front of us.
There are spotlights on stands on our end
of the corridor as well.
On the wall across from us we see
the shadows of photographers holding cameras
trying to get pictures of Susan and her former associates
as the photographers repeatedly ask the girls
to turn around.
Susan and her former associates do not comply,
other than for one of them to slightly turn,
then snap her head back.
All the while Susan and her former associates
have been singing.
They are loosely holding hands.
We hear Susan and her former associates singing.
They seem as happy as can be.
The leading guard is about to pass to the left of the camera.
Before she does, she smiles at the male guard who is waiting
here at our end of the corridor to her right,
who comes into the scene in a moment.
The group stops walking right in front of us.
There are spotlights on stands on our end
of the corridor as well.
On the wall across from us we see
the shadows of photographers holding cameras
trying to get pictures of Susan and her former associates
as the photographers repeatedly ask the girls
to turn around.
Susan and her former associates do not comply,
other than for one of them to slightly turn,
then snap her head back.
All the while Susan and her former associates
have been singing.
The waiting guard unlocks door number 914.
He opens the door, and proceeds through it.
The guard says "Let's go".
Led by 2 guards and followed by a guard,
Susan and her former associates proceed through the door
as they continue singing...
home
He opens the door, and proceeds through it.
The guard says "Let's go".
Led by 2 guards and followed by a guard,
Susan and her former associates proceed through the door
as they continue singing...
home
