LANCASTER, BIRD MAN OF ALCATRAZActor Burt Lancaster as Robert Stround in the film "Bird Man of Alcatraz". (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)

The commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. The commemoration organizers plan to use the occasion to raise funds to repair island's the old lighthouse keeper?s home and the social club for families, both damaged in the Indian uprisings of the early 1970s. So both structures might be good candidates to shoot.

Gesprengte Ketten, Great Escape, TheKino. Gesprengte Ketten, Great Escape, The, Gesprengte Ketten, Great Escape, The, Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen Auf der Flucht werden Barlett (Richard Attenborough) und Hilts (Steve McQueen) von den Deutschen an der Schweizer Grenze abgefangen., 1963. (Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

Maze Prison Northern Ireland3RD OCTOBER: ON THIS DAY IN 1981 THE HUNGER STRIKES AT THE MAZE PRISON IN NORTHERN IRELAND, COME TO AN END Aerial view of the Maze Prison, where 38 IRA prisoners escaped. 14/3/95: Riot. 25/8/95. 24/3/97: Breakout Bid. 27/12/97: Man shot dead. 15/03/98: David Keys found hanged in cell. 11/11/98: Will shut at end of year 2000. 28/7/00: Prisoners released. * The London Docklands bomber and the border sniper who picked off police and troops on duty were among more than 80 terrorist prisoners set to stream out of the Maze prison. The final wave of early releases under the Good Friday Agreement was set to all but empty the infamous jail. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)

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