| MANHUNT - CASH KIDNAPPING ROUSES NATION (aka WAR AGAINST KIDNAPPERS) Local citizens join in the manhunt when a 5-year-old boy is kidnapped. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6377 | |
| Catalog #: | 522150 | |
| Clip Number: | 522150-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/50 | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:46 - 01:15:45 | |
| Location: | Princeton, Florida | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Investigation CRIME: Kidnapping LAW: Criminal Investigations LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Florida PERSONALITIES: Hoover, J. Edgar | |
| Description: | "MANHUNT - CASH KIDNAPPING ROUSES NATION". Princeton, Florida, United States of America. Aerial of Princeton, Florida. Several shots of the exterior of the general store and service station belonging to JB Cash as commentator explains that Cash's 5-year-old son, Jimmy, was abducted from the store in the latest in a series of kidnapping crimes. Exterior of a building in the town where the FBI set up their headquarters. C/U of "Chief G-man" J Edgar Hoover, who is personally supervising the manhunt. Armed local citizens gather outside the building with local legionnaires and CCC boys and are seen walking across a field in their search. Aerial shots of the Florida Everglades where Seminole Indians are searching the swamp areas for clues. | |
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