Reel Number: 220313-01
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940s
Country: USA
Location: Seattle, Washington
TC Begins: 02:00:00
TC Ends: 02:09:50
Duration: 00:09:50
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Gas Racket - Black Market CU hands playing piano in bar, ragtime. Man goes into back room & looks at printer making ration stamps. Tries to pass them to gas station attendant, shows they have watermark, shows them under ultraviolet light. Woman pulls up and offers guy $5 as she didn't have stamps. Service station & gas pump. CU pump with gallons/dollar signs rotating. 02:04:04 Putting coupons into bingo sheets book. Men sorting used stamps; women look for forgeries / counterfeit. 02:05:55 Woman talks to camera & VO re counterfeit and racketeers. WW2; WWII Homefront; Rationing; Crime; Criminals; Wartime; Economics; Service Station; 1940s;