| Money From The Treasury Department | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1594 |
| Catalog #: | 512346 | |
| Clip Number: | 512346-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 027-533 | |
| Timecode: | 00:16:58 - 00:17:55 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Investigation LAW: Criminal Investigations LAW: Enforcement, Arrest (Apprehension) LAW: F.B.I. LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. MONEY: Counterfeit MONEY: Mints | |
| Description: | Dull in contrast and imagery At the Treasury Department - Bureau Of Engraving And Printing one of the boldest robberies took place that was ever staged. Two packages of worthless paper is substituted for the real thing. Difference in weight led to the discovery. Walking out with $160,000 the thief planted part of the loot with his father-in-law on a hill on a near by Virginia estate. Tipped off by the father-in-law, police guard the entrance to the estate and the recovered money is checked. Establishing Shot - The Treasury Department, bureau of engraving and printing, building. MCUS - Two treasury department counting and sorting new currency. CUS - Man holding up to bundles of money, one real one fake. CUS - Police and Secret Service men standing outside the estate. CUS - The recovered money is checked. CUS - William Childs is questioned by a Secret Service agent. CUS - James Rufus Landes getting arrested and taken away. | |
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