Dramatization shows people gambling and betting in different ways, and shows scenes from a casino in New York City. A group of men huddled together throwing dice (playing craps) and betting cash on the game. A man holds a glass of wine while gambling. View of punch card lottery tickets and gambling scrip for a game of chance. A New York Journal American newspaper front page story about "Sweeps Winners" (sweepstakes). Front page held up of the "Daily Racing Form" newspaper. Two men in suits and hats examine the newspaper, and discuss the newspaper. One of the men is smoking a cigar. He communicates his bets to the other man, a bookie (bookmaker), who takes notes on a notepad. A board atop a quilt reads "To be raffled off at the church supper Friday evening". A woman comes and pays another woman for a raffle ticket. A display reads "Church parlor Friday night - Play bingo - money prizes!" A man and four women play bingo. One of the women excites as she wins. A newspaper heading reads "Bingo banned by Lutherans in New York Churches". Slate states that the various forms of gambling lead to crime and delinquency as people learn to get something for nothing. Two boys sneak up in front of a storefront and steal fruit from a stand in front of the shop. The shopkeeper sees the theft, comes out, and yells after the thieves.
Dramatization of thefts: A young man picks the lock on the door of a house or office in New York City. The man enters the house or office. The theif breaks into a desk and finds and steals a cash box and sneaks out. Next scene shows Two women in a shop. Shopkeeper takes down a box. A girl steals from a woman's purse but she is caught red handed. Next scene shows chain gang of prisoners with their hands and feet chained, climbing a steep slope. A prison card follows them, carrying a rifle over his shoulder. A question mark appears.
A man passes a tree trunk used as a bridge in Arizona. Tree trunks in a hilly area. Grand Canyon area. Steep slopes. Mesas and buttes at Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon in Arizona. A mountain range in the Canyon. Trees on mountains.
People sit in horse wagons in the countryside, Arizona. People on horses pass a large bell. Narrow roads of Hermit Rim and people on horses.
An old building and branch of a tree at Grand Canyon, Arizona. People on horses, go on at zigzag roads. Man throws object from the Hermit Rim into canyon. Valley area at Grand Canyon. A man stands and sees into the valley through a binocular.
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