Rare Bonnie and Clyde film footage

Ray Hamilton was arrested and sentenced to three hundred and forty two years in jail after a second trial for murder he was sent to the electric chair the police cars carried a massive armory of weapons they prepared an ambush for the outlaws this reconstruction of the ambush was made only a few days later for three days and nights these officers lay in wait on this road but Bonnie and bride were wearing on the 23rd of May the officers stopped Henry Methvin father as he drove up the road he was handcuffed to a tree and his truck left by the roadside as a decoy on the third day a tan-colored Ford v8 turned into the road the police recognized Clyde as the driver as clients or Methvin struck he slowed down the police prepared to open fire the car stopped riddled with bullets this film taken just a few minutes after the shooting is not a reconstruction here is Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker who died as they live by the gun Bonnie esteem leaning against pride Clyde was a master gunman seldom did anyone ever live when pride got the first shot there were a pistol and a shotgun ready on the floor of their car but the ambush had taken the couple by surprise within hours sightseers were traveling to the ambush site a procession of more than 50 cars escorted the shattered fort to the police pound here it was put on show a fence was set up to stop souvenir hunters that already tried to rip parts off the car and seized bits of Bonnie and Clyde's hair and clothing on the back seat lawmen found three light machine guns a dozen pistols and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition Bonnie and Clyde had had no chance to return fire at the ambush but both of them had guns close to hand a hundred and seven rounds had been pumped into the car in less than two minutes their bodies had been riddled with about 50 bullets each the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde were displayed to prove that they really were dead Bonnie was visited by 40,000 people Clyde by some 30,000 Frank Hamer and the men who'd hunted down the couple became national heroes there was chaos at the Arcadia funeral home when people rushed to see the famous corpses Clyde's coat was exhibited it had 40 bullet holes from the ambush his gun was also shown close examination showed that it had seven notches one for each man he had murdered 20 relatives and friends stood trial for harboring the couple the men were chained together but the women weren't considered dangerous WD already serving 15 years got another two Henry Methvin had a life sentence he also received an extra two years Bonnie's sister Billie and Bucks wife Blanche were sentenced to a year and a day each Bonnie and Clyde's mothers were put on trial their lawyer pleaded that love took precedence over the law but the judge wasn't impressed by the defense or by mrs. burrows ill-health both were given 30 days in prison Clyde was buried next to his brother buck at West Dallas Cemetery an error plane dropped a floral wreath although she had asked to be buried next to Clyde Bonnie was taken to Dallas's Fishtrap Cemetery the press was out in force as well as her extended family thousands of sightseers attended the funeral her sister and mother were inconsolable Clyde's family was also there her family wrote an epitaph for Bonnie's grave as the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the Jew so this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you while on the run bonnie had sent poems to various newspapers they included her own epitaph they don't think they're too tough or desperate they know that the law always wins they've been shot at before but they do not ignore the death is the wages of sin someday they'll go down together and they'll bury them side by side to few it'll be grief to the law a relief but it's death for Bonnie and Clyde

Channel: muddbosss

Views: 11,626,333

Keywords: Bonnie And Clyde (Film)

Id: hzNntWE16xo

Length: 5min 40sec (340 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 22 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/THE_DOWNVOTES]

What a cool video. I had no idea there was any footage of bonnie and clyde.

It's also interesting how the police handled the situation. Just a straight up, old school ambush. No roadblocks, no objective of arresting them.. they just open fire and hope they both die. Times sure were different back then.

[u/ain_that_sum_sheee_i]

  You've read the story of Jesse James of how he lived and died. If you're still in need; of something to read, here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde. Now Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow gang I'm sure you all have read. how they rob and steal; and those who squeal, are usually found dying or dead. There's lots of untruths to these write-ups; they're not as ruthless as that. their nature is raw; they hate all the law, the stool pigeons, spotters and rats. They call them cold-blooded killers they say they are heartless and mean. But I say this with pride that I once knew Clyde, when he was honest and upright and clean. But the law fooled around; kept taking him down, and locking him up in a cell. Till he said to me; "I'll never be free, so I'll meet a few of them in hell" The road was so dimly lighted there were no highway signs to guide. But they made up their minds; if all roads were blind, they wouldn't give up till they died. The road gets dimmer and dimmer sometimes you can hardly see. But it's fight man to man and do all you can, for they know they can never be free. From heart-break some people have suffered from weariness some people have died. But take it all in all; our troubles are small, till we get like Bonnie and Clyde. If a policeman is killed in Dallas and they have no clue or guide. If they can't find a fiend, they just wipe their slate clean and hang it on Bonnie and Clyde. There's two crimes committed in America not accredited to the Barrow mob. They had no hand; in the kidnap demand, nor the Kansas City Depot job. A newsboy once said to his buddy; "I wish old Clyde would get jumped. In these awfull hard times; we'd make a few dimes, if five or six cops would get bumped"

The police haven't got the report yet but Clyde called me up today. He said,"Don't start any fights; we aren't working nights, we're joining the NRA." From Irving to West Dallas viaduct is known as the Great Divide. Where the women are kin; and the men are men, and they won't "stool" on Bonnie and Clyde. If they try to act like citizens and rent them a nice little flat. About the third night; they're invited to fight, by a sub-gun's rat-tat-tat. They don't think they're too smart or desperate they know that the law always wins. They've been shot at before; but they do not ignore, that death is the wages of sin. Some day they'll go down together they'll bury them side by side. To few it'll be grief, to the law a relief but it's death for Bonnie and Clyde.

EDIT: Bonnie wrote this poem and others. I wrote a poem once, but it didn't really turn out.

[u/[deleted]]

I know Bonnie and Clyde were dangerous people but its kind of messed up that the police acted as judge, jury, and executioner. What if they shot up the wrong car? What if Bonnie and Clyde were innocent (not saying they were)? Scary to think the police could gun them down while they driving down the road.

[u/[deleted]]

That’s some Wild West shit.

[u/mthoody]

The two rifles are an automatic .30-06 Browning BAR and a semiautomatic .35 Remington Model 8.

[u/Goyteamsix]

How is this rare footage? I've seen this on like every Bonnie and Clyde History Channel special.

[u/LovableContrarian]

This is cool, but it irks me when people call footage "rare" in 2019.

"Rare footage" was a term that came about when film was literally stored on reels. There was "rare footage" that only had a handful of copies (or maybe even one copy), owned by a private collector. The footage was literally rare, and you'd be lucky as shit to ever see it. There is still footage like this today, that for whatever reason can't/hasn't been uploaded to the internet.

But this shit is on youtube, endlessly viewable and replicable. It ain't "rare."

[u/Fusion_not_Fission]

The traditional way of policing in the US: Ambush and shoot them 200 times. Some things never change.