| Crime Stories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 1779 | |
| Catalog #: | 509119 | |
| Clip Number: | 509119-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-087 | |
| Timecode: | 02:20:25 - 02:21:35 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Organized ENTERTAINMENT/FICTION FILMS: Gangster/Crime LAW: Enforcement, Arrest (Apprehension) LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA MILITARY: Coast Guard, US WEAPONS: Guns, Misc | |
| Description: | Master 1779 - Tape 2 Great CU hand of white man producing handgun, pointing it at camera -- stick 'em up! MSs middle-aged white man wearing dark suit, fedora hat getting hands into air; TLS white man wearing fedora, pointing .45 pistol and holding up several white men on boat, night... this is a raid! MS hawk-nosed Coast Guard agent boarding vessel with pistol drawn. TLS headlights of 1930s automobile traveling toward camera, night. CU U.S. Treasury Department Narcotics Agent badge. MSs two white men in suits and fedora hats drawing pistols, holding up two similarly-dressed white men at bottom of staircase in basement; the men are patted down, handcuffs placed on wrists. MSs U.S. Treasury agents making arrests, gangsters scuffling with agents. TLS/MSs empty, darkened small office building window being opened, shadowy figure of white man leaning out window with rifle and snipe scope, night; gangster sniper squeezes off a few shots, leans back into unrented office. Panning TLS automobile driving fast along residential street, taking hard right turn, coming to stop; young white woman is pushed out of car by white man, car drives off. TLS car driving fast along residential street, blatantly obvious dummy being thrown from car-- ha ha! That's hilarious! | |
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