Criminal Detector AKA Cosh 1956

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Cramlington, Northumberland.

Demonstration of a new device which marks criminals with indelible dye.

Various shots of a man walking out of a bank with a briefcase. He puts a "truncheon like instrument" ( a "cosh") into his pocket. A thief makes a grab for the briefcase and runs off...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1221
Sort Number:
CP 102
Time in/Out:
01:02:31:00 / 01:03:01:00
Canister:
CP 102
Film ID:
57.02
Issue Date:
10/12/1956

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