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1930-1949CRIME
170.1 R1 FILING CABINET. OFFICE FBI FILES. DEWEY. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

FLOWER OPENING. OPIUM. TIME LAPSE PLANTS COME OUT OF GROUND
DREAM FLOWERS. 170.2

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SINISTER MENACE FILM ABOUT DRUGS IN EGYPT
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MONTAGE - TWO LINES OF SHIRTLESS EGYPTIAN MEN STAND AT ATTENTION, TO SHOW HOW WELL-BUILT THE "HEARTY RACE" WAS BEFORE DRUGS. OUTSIDE CAIRO GYMNASIUM
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CU PAN OF EACH YOUNG MAN WITH CHEST OUT, STOMACH IN. ONE YOUNG MAN TURNS SIDEWAYS TO SHOW HIS PHYSIQUE, ANOTHER FLEXES HIS MUSCLES.
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CU SOME GIVE SHEEPISH GRIN AS CAMERA PANS
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EGYPTIAN WORKERS PILE A THREE HUNDRED POUND BALE OF COTTON ON ONE PERSON'S BACK AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS STRENGTH OF EGYPTIAN MEN.
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A GROUP OF MEN CARRY A HUGE BALE AND PILE IT ON A RAILROAD CAR, BY HAND, BALE UPON BALE
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TWO EGYPTIANS FILL BUCKETS OF WATER FROM A WELL USING A HAND POWERED OVERHEAD LIFT. HARD WORKERS.
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AN ORANGE IS OPENED AND A PACKAGE OF DOPE IS PULLED OUT. A PIECE OF FLAT BREAD IS RIPPED OPEN TO REVEAL SMUGGLED DRUGS INSIDE.
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BEDOUIN ARABS IN DESERT WITH THEIR CAMELS ARE STOPPED BY ARMED ARAB FOR EXAMINATION
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ARMED ARAB RUBS CAMELS BACK AND A BIG CHUNK OF HAIR IS PULLED OFF. THE HAIR REVEALS SMUGGLED DRUGS.
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SIX HANDCUFFED ARABS ARE ESCORTED BY AN ARMED ARAB FOLLOWING ON A CAMEL. THEY ARE MET BY OTHER POLICE AND SEARCHED.
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AS THE GROUP OF ARAB SUSPECTS LINE UP, POLICE GO THROUGH THEIR POSSESSIONS LAYING ON THE GROUND
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POLICE SHOW HOW THE HAIR FITS NEATLY ON THE CAMEL'S BACK.
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PAN OF ARAB SUSPECTS WHO POSE SOLEMNLY FOR CAMERA
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MAN IN SHIRT & TIE (THE DOPE PRODUCER) SITS AT A TABLE AND DISTRIBUTES PACKS OF DOPE TO ARAB DISTRIBUTORS
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MONTAGE - ARAB ADDICTS SIT ON GROUND WITH HEADS BOWED IN STUPOR AS OTHERS SNIFF DOPE.
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SITTING ADDICT'S HEAD SLOWLY TOUCHES THE GROUND IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR-HEAVY NOD.
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BEARDED ARAB LIFTS DOPE TO HIS NOSE AND SNIFFS IT.
HE HOLDS ONE NOSTRIL CLOSED AND STICKS A PACKAGE IN THE OTHER WHILE SNIFFING IN. HE LICKS THE RESIDUE ON PACKAGE.
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ARAB DISTRIBUTES DRUGS TO A LONG LINE OF ARABS SITTING ON GROUND, SUDDENLY THEY QUICKLY RISE AND RUN AS POLICEMEN CHASE THEM
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LARGE GROUP OF ARRESTED ARABS ARE LED BY POLICE DOWN THE STREET.
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LARGE GROUP OS ARABS HUDDLED TOGETHER SEATED ON GROUND. PAN AS NARRATOR PAINTS A GLUM PICTURE.
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ARAB ADDICT SITS ON GROUND WITH THREE OF HIS CHILDREN NEXT TO HIM
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ADDICTS IN PRISON UNIFORMS STAND AT ATTENTION AS NARRATOR COMPARES THEM WITH THE PHYSICAL SPECIMENS OF NON-ADDICTS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY
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PAN OF PRISONER'S SOLEMN AND SINISTER FACES
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PRISONERS WALK IN SINGLE LINE IN PRISON YARD AS NARRATOR SAYS "LOOK AT THEIR MISERABLE BODIES"
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ARAB WALKING IN STREET IS SUDDENLY SEIZED BY A POLICEMAN JUST AS HE PUTS DRUG IN MOUTH
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PAN OF EGYPTIAN WOMEN PRISONERS SOLEMNLY LOOKING INTO CAMERA AS THEY LINE UP
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WOMAN ADDICT PRISONER SHOWING SIGNS OF WITHDRAWAL IN HER GESTURES.
170.2
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SECRETS OF NATURE DREAM FLOWERS FILM ABOUT POPPIES AND OPIUM PRODUCTION
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WARDOUR FILMS PRESENTS "SECRETS OF NATURE", A BRITISH FILM ABOUT "DREAM FLOWERS", (POPPY)
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CU PAN OF OPIUM POPPY SEEDS UNDER A MICROSCOPE
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CU TIME RELEASE FILM SHOWS THE POPPY SEED GROWING, THE LEAVES UNFOLD AND THE FLOWER BUD APPEARS
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A HUMAN HAND IS COMPARED WITH THE SMALL FLOWER
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TIME RELEASE SHOWS HOW THE FLOWER OPENS AND CLOSES AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AS NARRATOR EXPLAINS
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CENTER OF FLOWER WHICH PRODUCES POLLEN IS SHOWN AS IT MOVES IN TIME RELEASE
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BEES FLY INTO FLOWER AND PICK UP ITS POLLEN
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ROUND BALL-LIKE POPPY FLOWER IS FULL OF TINY SEEDS (NARRATOR EXPLAINS HOW EASY IT PROLIFERATES)
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CU AS POPPY IS TIPPED OVER AND THOUSANDS OF SEEDS POUR OUT
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CU AS STEM OF POPPY IS CUT AND A WHITE POISONOUS SUBSTANCE LEAKS OUT TO PROTECT IT AGAINST IT'S NATURAL ENEMIES.
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BEES GATHER ON A POPPY FLOWER
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THE POPPY BULB IS SLICED SEVERAL TIMES WITH A RAZOR AND IT OOZES WHITE LATEX WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR OPIUM
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CU THE LIQUID AS EXAMINED UNDER A MICROSCOPE FORMS DIFFERENT PATTERNS
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MONTAGE GROUPS OF ARABS PROCESS THE OPIUM BY PUSHING IT ALONG ON A WASHBOARD-LIKE BOARD, LIKE CLOTHES BEING WASHED.
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CU INDIVIDUAL ARAB PUSHES UP & DOWN ON THE BOARD
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ARABS SEATED ON GROUND WEIGH THE OPIUM AS OTHERS ROLL IT LIKE DOUGH AND FINALLY WRAP UP SMALL SECTIONS OF THE ROLLS IN PAPER SHEETS.
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ARAB FILLS HIS PIPE & SMOKES THE OPIUM. HE HOLDS UP A PIECE OF HOT CHARCOAL TO LIGHT THE PIPE
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HE SOON LAYS DOWN IN A HEAVY SLEEP
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CU OPIUM POPPY FLOWER OPENS SLOWLY IN TIMED FILM
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BRITISH INSTRUCTION FILMS, LTD. LOGO RG 200 0519 JJ
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DEWEY AT DESK WITH SECRETARY
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THOMAS DEWEY SITS AT DESK WITH HIS SECRETARY IN FRONT TAKING NOTES (OUTTAKES)
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ASSISTANT D A., DEWEY PUTS DOWN PAPER HE'S READING AND REACHES FOR PHONE BEHIND HIM
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DEWEY AGAIN DOES THE SAME THING AS HE AND SECRETARY REHEARSE FILM OF AN AVERAGE DAY AT HIS OFFICE.
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DEWEY DICTATES LETTER TO SECRETARY (NO SOUND) AS HE REHEARSES SCENE OVER AND OVER
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DEWEY PUTS ON HIS GLASSES & READS, THEN REMOVES GLASSES & USES PHONE (NO SOUND)
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PAN OF MAN VOLUMES OF PEOPLE VS. LUCIANO, ET AL
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ELEVATOR WITH MAN IN HANDCUFFS GETTING OUT.
HALLWAY RECORDS ROOM. DEWEY IN MEETING. GUARD IN FRONT OF DEWEY OFFICE
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POLICEMAN GUARDS AN ELEVATOR AS DETECTIVES ESCORT MAN IN HANDCUFFS OUT OF IT. THE SCENE IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER (ACTORS?)
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MONTAGE LAWYERS SIT AT TABLE AND RESEARCH IN A ROOM FILLED WITH TAGGED FILE CABINETS
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ONE ATTORNEY OPENS A FOLDER & SHOWS IT TO ANOTHER ATTORNEY SITTING AT TABLE
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ATTORNEY JOTS DOWN NOTES AS HE LOOKS THROUGH A HANDFUL OF CANCELLED CHECKS.
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ATTORNEY PULLED A FOLDER FROM A FILE CABINET, ONE OF A WALL FILLED WITH TAGGED FILE CABINETS, FLOOR TO CEILING.
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DEWEY SITS WITH OTHER ATTORNEY IN HIS OFFICE &
DISCUSSES A CASE
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DEWEY LISTENS ATTENTIVELY TO HIS ASSOCIATES
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SECRETARY WALKS OUT OF OFFICE INTO A HALLWAY OF OFFICES AS OTHER WORKERS WALK IN AND OUT OF
DOORWAYS
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POLICEMAN STANDS GUARD OUTSIDE ENTRANCE DOOR OF DEWEY'S OFFICE AS OFFICIALS WALK IN AND OUT
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GLASS FRONTED DOOR WITH "THOMAS E. DEWEY, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NEW YORK COUNTY"
WRITTEN ON FRONT
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LOBBY DIRECTORY SHOWS DEWEY'S OFFICE ROOM NUMBER
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SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR WITH PLUG INS ANSWERS BUSY SWITCHBOARD FOR DEWEY'S OFFICE
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MEN WAITING IN OFFICE OUTSIDE HALLWAY
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MAN WALKS IN AND SPEAKS TO MALE RECEPTIONIST WHO DIRECTS HIM TO BE SEATED WITH OTHERS IN WAITING ROOM (SCENE IS REHEARSED REPEATEDLY)
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WOMAN LOOKING THRU CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FILES
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SECRETARY EXAMINES FOLDER ON OPEN DRAWER OF FILE CABINET
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ANOTHER SECRETARY WALKS IN & LOOKS THROUGH ANOTHER FILE CABINET
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DRAWER IS OPENED REVEALING TABS ON FOLDERS WITH
HEADINGS "PROSTITUTION, RACKETEERS, LOAN SHARKING, AND OTHER TITLES INCLUDING "CRIMES OF VIOLENCE"
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FRONT OF FILE DRAWER IS TITLED "SENTENCED AND CONVICTED"
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MONTAGE DRAWERS ARE OPENED AND CLOSED OVER AND OVER, AGAIN AN OBVIOUS ENACTMENT / REHEARSAL
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