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The photo that appears at 2:50 is of Eastham Prison, where Clyde Barrow was incarcerated between 1930 and 1932. While there, he was sexually assaulted repeatedly by another inmate, Ed Crowder, who he eventually stabbed to death. Clyde returned to Eastham in 1934, where he and several other outlaws staged a breakout and shot several guards. [
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The photo at 2:55 is of the "Barrow Death Posse," the four Texas police officers and two Louisiana officers who participated in the ambush that killed them. Back row: Ted Hinton, Prentiss Oakley and B.M. "Maney" Gault . Seated: Bob Alcorn, Henderson Jordan and Frank Hamer. [
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The black and white photos (with the exception of the movie promotional shot at 2:08) were taken by the pair while on the run, and abandoned after a shootout at an apartment in Joplin, Missouri. Police picked up the undeveloped film and kept the photos. [
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The clips used in this video is from Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Bonnie and Clyde: the True Story (1992) and Bonnie and Clyde: a New Musical. The song is "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen.
Lyrics:
In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected,and steppin' out over the line
Oh baby, this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
yes, girl we were
Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
and strap your hands 'cross my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
Oh, Will you walk with me out on the wire
'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta know how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
Babe I want to know if love is real
Oh, can you show me?
Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
Girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the street tonight
In an everlasting kiss
1-2-3-4!
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we can live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Oh, Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really wanna go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run
Oh honey, tramps like us
baby we were born to run
Come on with me, tramps like us
baby we were born to run