| KWEER KONTINENTAL KUSTOMERS A look at how customs officers in France and Belgium search for contraband. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7231 |
| Catalog #: | 50573 | |
| Clip Number: | 50573-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 377 | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:27 - 01:39:18 | |
| Location: | France and Belgium | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Smuggling INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Border Crossings & Customs LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Belgium LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | KWEER KONTINENTAL KUSTOMERS A look at how customs officers in France and Belgium search for contraband M/S of a boat and an airplane making their way to France. Various shots of customs officials checking bags. M/S of officers searching people and vehicles at Franco-Belgian frontier for smuggled tobacco. They check big lorry and search its driver before it is allowed to go through. M/S as they search people, even shoes are scrutinised and a packet is found in one of them. M/S as a car ignores signals by officers to stop, they throw a cable then a spike down to block its path. There is a pram inside which has a false bottom full of tobacco. M/S as an officer checks a bicycle's handlebars and bell. They find tobacco hidden in the tyres. M/S as they search food and drink of workers crossing the border. M/S of river Lise (?) in Belgium, men coming ashore are searched. Officers walk along with a dog, they camp out in the open and watch for smugglers during the night. M/S as officers search children's satchels for contraband. One boy sticks his tongue out at the camera. | |
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