Bomb being unloaded from cargo ship at Algiers harbor, Algeria during World War II. U.S. bomb dump shows stack of 500 lb. bombs in the foreground and bushes in the background. Bomb stacks nestled in bushes. Arab laborers and U.S. Army Air Force personnel load truck with bombs. Truck loaded with bombs moves down road leading to Rivet (large munitions dump). Laborers roll bombs onto a truck parked on the dock. Cargo ship in the background on dock. Bomb-loaded cargo net lowers onto quay of Algiers harbor. Arab dockworkers roll bombs. Bombs hoisted onto dock from cargo ship.
A film titled 'Gas Racket' dramatizes the sale of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps to a retail gasoline dealer in the United States during World War II. Interior of a bar shows a gasoline peddler taking a look at counterfeit gasoline ration stamps being printed. The peddler shows counterfeit gasoline ration stamps to a gasoline dealer. The dealer checks the counterfeit stamps and talks to a woman in an open convertible. The dealer pays the peddler for the counterfeit stamps he buys. A car refueled at the gasoline station. The dealer places the counterfeit stamps received from the peddler and customers on a gum sheet and endorses them. The dealer buys gasoline from his distributor against bingo sheets. The distributor deposits these bingo sheets in a bank from where it passes on to the OPA (Office of Price Administration) auditors for verification. The stamps are separated by the OPA auditors and are detected by women trained for detection of illegal ration currency.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by personnel trained in detection of illegal ration currency at the OPA (Office of Price Administration) in the United States. A woman shows a bingo sheet with few illegal stamps and details how illegal stamps are detected. The bingo sheet with un endorsed stamps, expired stamps, pre-valid stamps and stamps endorsed with same hand writing. The woman shows how real stamps look and the list of mistakes made during the making of counterfeit stamps.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by personnel trained in detection of illegal ration currency at the OPA (Office of Price Administration) in the United States. A woman shows a collection of bingo sheets with illegal stamps and details of how the illegal stamps are detected. Further she shows how counterfeit stamps are detected using a lamp.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by trained personnel in the OPA (Office of Price Administration) and penalties for accepting illegal stamps in the United States. A woman shows a collection of bingo sheets with illegal stamps. She further details on a chart how gasoline distributors are prohibited from selling gas and how a dealer's gasoline allocation is decreased in ratio to the illegal stamps transmitted.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit gasoline ration stamps by a gas station dealer after following precautions suggested by an OPA (Office of Price Administration) officer in the United States. A gas station dealer during wartime in World War 2 calls up his distributor and expresses need for more gasoline at his service station. He visits an OPA officer when the distributor refuses to deliver more gasoline. The OPA officer speaks to the dealer and warns him about accepting illegal gasoline stamps. View of a car pulling into a gas station, and a gas station attendant checking for a proper ration book and not just loose coupons. The gas station attendant is seen fueling the car and checking under the hood. Station attendant also checks license plate to make sure it matches the ration book records. Another gasoline dealer and service station operator meet the OPA officer and complain about receiving illegal coupons. The OPA officer emphasizes that the legitimate gasoline dealer should refuse to accept loose stamps and should check ration books with the auto license. A peddler who sells illegal gasoline stamps is seen in a car.
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