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'Snatch Racket' wave of kidnappings during the Great Depression

Title card, "'Snatch' Racket Grows! August Luer, 77-year-old Alton, Ill., banker kidnapped! John J O'Connell Jr, nephew of Albany, NY, politicians, held for $250,000 ransom" / [Albany, NY] VS EXT house of kidnap victim John J. O'Connell, Jr. / A newspaper taped to a car window, "The Knickerbocker Press - O'Connell Jr Kidnapped in Albany" // [Alton, IL] EXT 'Alton Banking and Trust Company' / photo of its president August Luer / EXT Luer home; woman stands on porch and man walks path that victim was dragged on // [Denver, CO] businessman Charles Boettcher II pets dachshund he is holding / men cross the street to the Boettcher home // [St. Paul, MN] Pan Hamm's Brewery / William Hamm, Jr. walks outside a large house // [Cape Cod, MA] Another victim, Peggy McMath of Cape Cod, standing next to open car door, smiling / Note: exact month/day not known
Title card, "'Snatch' Racket Grows! August Luer, 77-year-old Alton, Ill., banker kidnapped! John J O'Connell Jr, nephew of Albany, NY, politicians, held for $250,000 ransom" / [Albany, NY] VS EXT house of kidnap victim John J. O'Connell, Jr. / A newspaper taped to a car window, "The Knickerbocker Press - O'Connell Jr Kidnapped in Albany" // [Alton, IL] EXT 'Alton Banking and Trust Company' / photo of its president August Luer / EXT Luer home; woman stands on porch and man walks path that victim was dragged on // [Denver, CO] businessman Charles Boettcher II pets dachshund he is holding / men cross the street to the Boettcher home // [St. Paul, MN] Pan Hamm's Brewery / William Hamm, Jr. walks outside a large house // [Cape Cod, MA] Another victim, Peggy McMath of Cape Cod, standing next to open car door, smiling / Note: exact month/day not known
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
2152953454
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1933
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:52:06
Location:
Albany, 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:
sr006125_01_01