A Million Dreams Go Up In Smoke In Narcotics Bonfire

Clip: 345625_1_1

Year Shot: 1936 (Actual Year)

Audio: No

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1517

Original Film: 008-499-09

HD: N/A

Location: CHICAGO, IL

Timecode: 00:24:43 - 00:25:22

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Shaky, jumpy dull in contrast and imagery Windy city police burn a quarter-million dollars worth of heroin, opium and marijuana, along with a collection of pipes and 'needles' used by addicts, the haul representing five months' seizures from peddlers and their victims. Police pile up parcels, douce wih gasoline, drug paraphanalia, pile ignites in flames.