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1940s SECRET SERVICE GOVERNMENT FILM ABOUT HOW TO SPOT FAKE MONEY. COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY. FACTORY TOUR FOOTAGE OF DOLLAR BILLS BEING MADE AT THE MINT.

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MAN IN OVERCOAT & FEDORA WALKING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET.
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CLIMBS PORCH STEPS TO ENTRANCE 1940s HOUSE.
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HANDS OF WOMAN SEATED IN CHAIR. HANDS FOLDED CLUTCHING KNEE
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PAN TO LOWER PART OF MAN WITH OVERCOAT TAKING SEAT ON EDGE OF BED NEXT TO OTHERS. TAKES OUT WAD OF COUNTERFEIT BILLS, FANS THEM AS HE SPEAKS.
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CU MAN PASSES WAD OF BILLS TO EACH OF MEN AS HE TELLS THEM METHOD OF PASSING THE PHOMEY BILLS.
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CU MAN GETTING THE BILLS FANS THE WAD. PLACES IT BETWEEN FOLDED NEWSPAPER.
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CU ANOTHER FANS THE BILLS AS THOUGH TO COUNT THEM.
PLACES THEM IN INSIDE POCKET OF JACKET
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CU WOMAN WITH CIGARETTE IN HAND IS HANDED BILLS, TOLD TO PASS THEM IN "CORNER GROCERY AND DRUG STORE".
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CU PLACES BILLS IN POCKETBOOK.
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1940s SEDAN DRIVES UP TO NEWSBOY ON BICYCLE.
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MAN IN CAR CALLS BOY OVER, HANDS HIM BILL & ASKS HIM TO "GO INTO STORE AND GET ME A PACK OF CIGARETTES AND YOU GET A DIME".
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CU MAN'S HAND PASSING FIVE DOLLAR BILL TO BOY.
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BOY ENTERS STORE.
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BOY COMES OUT WITH CIGARETTES AND CHANGE. GIVES IT TO MAN, GETS HIS DIME.
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WOMAN ASKS FEMALE CLERK AT CASH REGISTER OF GROCERY STORE STORE FOR SEVERAL ITEMS
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"THAT'LL BE FIFTY-TWO CENTS" SAYS CLERK.
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WOMAN APOLOGIZES AS SHE PAYS WITH BOGUS TEN DOLLAR BILL.
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CU HAND PASSING TEN DOLLAR BILL.
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CU HAND OF CLERK GIVING CHARGE.
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MAN SEATED IN BOOTH IN DINER EATING, SIPPING COFFEE.
WIPES MOUTH WITH NAPKIN
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PICKS UP NEWSPAPER AND HAT, LEAVES BOOTH. WALKS TO FEMALE CASHIER AT REGISTER
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CU PASSES HER TAB AND COUNTERFEIT FIVE DOLLAR BILL
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CU CLERK RINGS UP 85 CENTS. GIVES MAN CHANGE.
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CU WOMAN'S HAND COUNTING OUT CHANGE.
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MAN & WOMAN AT JEWELRY COUNTER. ASK MALE CLERK TO SEE TRAY OF BROACHES, PINS.
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WOMAN PICKS ONE OUT. MALE CLERK SAYS IT $2.65
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MAN REACHES INTO POCKET & TAKES TWENTY DOLLAR BILL FROM WALLET
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CU PASSING $20 BOGUS BILL.
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CU GETTING CHANGE IN LEGIT MONEY.
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MONTAGE OF PREVIOUS SCENES OF PHONY MONEY BEING EXCHANGED AS VOICE OVE TELLS HOW TO PREVENT IT "IF YOU KNOW YOUR MONEY".
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PAN JEFFERSON & WASHINGTON MEMORIALS IN WASHINGTON, DC.
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UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT BUILDING.
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CU SIGN ABOVE DOOR: "U.S. SECRET SERVICE". TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S LONE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
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MAP SHOWS LOCATIONS OF SECRET SERVICE OFFICES THROUGHOUT U.S WHO CONSTANTLY FIGHT CRIMINALS WHO MAKE PHONEY MONEY.
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CHIEF OF U.S. SECRET SERVICE, FRANK J. WILSON, SEATED AT HIS DESK. CU WILSON SPEAKS
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"TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING" WRITTEN ON WALL OF BUILDING.
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ENGRAVER WITH BACK TO CAMERA LOOKS AT LARGE PHOTO OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON AS SEEN ON DOLLAR BILL. STARTS TO ENGRAVE IT.
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CU ENGRAVER'S HANDS AT WORK.
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VARIOUS VIEWS WORKERS, PRINTING SHEETS OF MONEY IN PRESSES.
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SHEETS OF MONEY PASSING THROUGH PRESSES. BEING STACKED.
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CU FIVE DOLLAR BILL. VO DESCRIBES 3 TYPES OF $5 BILLS BEING PRINTED BY TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
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CU LIST OF CITIES IN U.S. OF FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT COUNTRY.
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CU SEAL WITH LETTER "F" IN IT.
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CU DIAGRAM OF $10 FEDERAL RESERVE BILL AS VO
DESCRIBES (WITH ARROWS) IMPORTANT FEATURES TO LOOK FOR.
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MONTAGE CU PICTURES OF THE GREAT MEN PRINTED ON EACH DENOMINATION. SHOWN FROM $1 TO $100 BILLS
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CU TYPICAL COUNTERFEIT FIVE-DOLLAR BILL. VO SHOWS ITS TELLTALE FLAWS.
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CU FACE OF LINCOLN ON GENUINE & COUNTERFEIT BILL IS SHOWN AS VO EXPLAINS DIFFERENCE.
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CU OTHER FEATURES ARE COMPARED.
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CU FEATURES ON $1 BILL IS SCRUTINIZED
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CU WARNING CIRCULAR IS SHOWN AND TOLD HOW TO OBTAIN IT.
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CU POSTCARD WITH ADDRESS TO CHIEF OF SECRET SERVICE OFFICE.
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VARIOUS VIEWS STORE CASHIER MAKING CHANGE OF BILLS TO VARIOUS CUSTOMERS. 1940s CASH REGISTER.
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