Collection search - Under New Law Police Smash "One Arm Bandits" = Police Destroy Slot Machines
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Under New Law Police Smash "One Arm Bandits" = Police Destroy Slot Machines
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1946-03-27Item number (ISN):24900Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATIONAccession:1980-0175Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1946-03-27Production company:Fox Movietone NewsProduction credit:photography, Alan Grayston; Jack HynesDescription:Newsreel footage shot in Montreal of police destroying slot machines.. A new law in the province of Quebec requires owners of slot machines and bagatelle games to prove that they are not being used for gambling. In the past, investigators had to build a case to prove that the machines were used for gambling. Machines seized by police are brought to the new court house in Montreal where they are broken open, the money taken out and given to the provincial treasury and the machines are destroyed.Language:MuteOriginal number:57-651Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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