Reel Number: 220313-02
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1940s
Country: USA
Location: Seattle, Washington
TC Begins: 02:10:03
TC Ends: 02:19:02
Duration: 00:08:59
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Gas Racket - Black Market Collection of counterfeit ration coupons. CU stamps comparing forged & official. Women checking stamps. Woman talks to camera. 02:14:47 CU dialling rotary phone. Man interviewed about using coupons. 02:16:40 Car up to Shell gas station, man checks stamps then pumps gas & checks oil. CU of tearing out stamps. Man in car shows he's got handcuffs on 'Lots of war jobs aren't as profitable now.' WW2; WWII Homefront; Rationing; Crime; Criminals; Wartime; Economics; Service Station; 1940s;