| Crime Fables | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1779 | |
| Catalog #: | 509121 | |
| Clip Number: | 509121-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-087 | |
| Timecode: | 02:21:50 - 02:24:37 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Organized ENTERTAINMENT/FICTION FILMS: Gangster/Crime | |
| Description: | Master 1779 - Tape 2 Various shots of fictionalized gangsters waging crime against the hapless American constituency: LS polling place, white men and women exiting steel door voting booths; one unfortunate soul exits booth, placed ballot into box, walks out door only to be assaulted, beaten up by waiting goon. Violence at the polling place?! (4-5) MS white man wearing dark-colored trenchcoat, clutching snubnose .38 revolver pistol, raising it to fire. (4-8) High angle LS white man running along dock at night, hopping boat while searchlight pans across scene, body of dead white man laying on dock. (4-10) CU Smith and Wesson .44 revolver on ledge of cashier cage; hand of white man picks up, aims handgun through cage. (5-1) MS traveling trunk being opened, revealing tools of criminal trade: handguns, wrench, rope, screwdriver, etc. MCUs long-barrel handgun being placed onto rope. (5-2, 5-5) MS two white male gangster hoodlums walking from car parked on rural road and to camera with handguns drawn, night. Sideview CU snub-nose .38 revolver being held by white man. (5-15) TLS white woman in bedroom clothes running along dirt alley, falling to ground; TLS looming shadow of man stretching across downed, prone woman. (6-3) MS two bricks or rocks being thrown through glass window of laundry cleaners... criminal vandalism! (6-5) Fade in MS several men wearing dark-colored suits and pants standing over body of dead white man. Fade out. (6-7) | |
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