| Sinister Menace | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 231 |
| Catalog #: | 316270 | |
| Clip Number: | 316270-2 | |
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| Timecode: | 13:47:22 - 13:51:56 | |
| Location: | Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DRUGS: Illicit | |
| Description: | Scrolling title: "As the illicit narcotic trade from Europe and the Near East diminishes, the Far East steps in to supply the demand. How does that effect America? Our Pacific Coast has become the danger spot of the smuggled dope traffic. Unless there is an immediate estoppal the country will be cursed with a deplorable increase of narcotic addiction-- New York American." "These remarkable pictures are ransom shots taken in Egypt's drug infested areas. It is hoped that they may enlighten other countries and individuals to the horrible curse of drug addiction. Not actors, just fellow human beings." Beefcake MSs of young shirtless Egyptian men flexing their brawny muscles for the camera; narrator waxing eloquent on how strong they are. MS Egyptian man carrying a 300 pound bale of cotton; MSs men loading cotton and irrigating agricultural fields. MCUs narcotics officer showing the camera hidden packets of drugs (Opium? Marijuana?) inside fruit and bread. Re-enactment TLS/MSs of Egyptian narcotics officers busting the nomadic camel herder being busted in the desert for trafficking drugs smuggled on herd of camels. MSs rural drug smugglers under arrest, brought into a compound; desert police inspect a pile of smuggled hashish. | |
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