Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey fights organized crime in New York City in the 1930s
VS reenactments show gangsters beating up a rival, extorting a tailor for "protection" money by throwing paint on a dress in the tailor's shop / VS clerks conduct investigation at long tables, reviewing records and law books / investigators interview a victim; one makes notes / Dewey with members of his staff, including an African-American woman / men in fedoras approach man in black tie, take him into custody / man waving pistol gestures for arrestees to move along / police officer stands by elevator's glass doors as passengers arrive on the floor, emerge from elevator, approach / newspaper headline "Two Racket Kings Indicted by Dewey" / "LUCIANO GUILTY!" on the front page of the NY Daily Mirror / copies of the New York Times roll off printing press / headline "Dewey States Terms as LaGuardia Running Mate" / Dewey talks on telephone as stenographer sits in foreground / CU Dewey talks on phone, hangs up / Note: exact month/day not known; documentation incomplete
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Editorial #:
930378640
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1937
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:19:14
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
930378640_h8.mov
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