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BUSTLING SIDEWALKS, 1930S, CHINATOWN, ASIAN VENDORS CARRY POLES OF DECORATIONS, MERCHANTS, CHINESE DRUMMER
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00:13:02 1.61 |
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00:13:13 12.99 |
CHINESE MARKET, OUTDOOR CLERK WITH PAPER, MAN SERVES FOOD FROM CART, LADLES SOUP FROM BIG VAT
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00:13:25 24.25 |
MAN SERVES NOODLES FROM LARGE WOK, USES CHOPSTICKS TO LIFT NOODLES
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00:13:30 29.7 |
CU OF RICE OR TOFU SCOOPED UP FROM GRIDDLE
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00:13:34 33.31 |
ASIAN MAN LAYS OUT STICKS
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00:13:37 36.85 |
OVERHEAD SHOT OF CASINO DEALER USING STICK TO MOVE CHIPS, MEN SIT AT CASINO TABLE, GAMBLING
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00:13:46 45.06 |
TIGHT SHOT OF ASIAN MEN TALKING
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00:13:52 51.89 |
DISTRAUGHT WHITE WOMAN OUTSIDE DOOR, WRINGS HANDS, WORRIED, ENTERS DRUG STORE WITH WHITE MEN IN WESTERN SUITS TALKING, REPORTER LOOKING FOR TIPS, OLDER MAN TALK ABOUT THE TONG GANG, GANGSTERS, CHINKS, RACIST LANGUAGE
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00:14:38 97.38 |
STORE OWNER WALKS OVER TO WOMAN CUSTOMER WHO ASKS FOR POISON FOR HER INJURED DOG, MAN REFUSES, OLD FASHIONED COUNTER WITH WRAPPING PAPER ROLL WITH CUTTER AND SPOOL OF STRING, OWNER WALKS BACK TO MAN AND HINTS AT SUICIDE, BOXES OF BUTTERFINGER CANDY ON COUNTER, BOX OF DIP (CHEWING TOBACCO PRODUCT??)
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00:15:34 153.16 |
WHITE MAN, NEWS REPORTER, EXITS DRUG STORE AT NIGHT
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00:15:41 160.6 |
BROWNSTONE EXT WITH STAIRS, WOMAN WALKS UP STOOP AND ENDTERS BUIDLING, MAN WATCHES HER
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00:15:57 176.97 |
WOMAN ENTERS DARK FURNISHED ROOM AND TURNS ON LIGHTS, CUT TO MAN WATCHING FROM STREET
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00:16:22 201.47 |
SILHOUETTE OF WOMAN IN WINDOW LIFTS BIRDCAGE FROM STAND, CUT TO WOMAN IN APARTMENT PUTTING BIRD CAGE OUTSIDE IN HALL
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00:16:38 217.05 |
WHITE WOMAN CROUCHES NEXT TO BIRD CAGE
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00:16:47 226.66 |
WHITE WOMAN LOCKS THE DOOR TO HER ROOM AND TURNS ON THE GAS OF HER HOT PLATE AND LAYS DOWN ON BED, SUICIDE ATTEMPT
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00:17:17 256.76 |
WHITE MAN, REPORTER, RUSHES UP STAIRS, DOOUBLE BREASTED SUIT AND HAT, HE LISTENS AT DOOR AND KNOCKS, BREAKS DOWN DOOR AND OPENS WINDOW AND SHUTS OFF GAS, WOMAN ARGUES WITH HIM, STOPS HER SUICIDE, WOMAN TELLS HIM SHE IS BROKE AND HAD NOTHING TO EAT, MAN PICKS UP FOLDER WITH REJECTED MANUSCRIPT,
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00:19:07 366.05 |
MS OF MAN IN HAT READING MANUSCRIPT OUTLOUD
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00:19:55 414.42 |
FS OF MAN READING PASSAGE FROM BOOK, DISTRAUGHT WOMAN SITS ON BED DEPRESSED
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00:20:20 439.96 |
MS OF WOMAN ON BED, CUT TO MS OF MAN IN SUIT OFFERS HER A JOB AND TOSSES HER SOME MONEY
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00:20:43 462.63 |
MAN IN SUIT AND HAT EXITS RENTED ROOM, "THROW THOSE BLUES AWAY AND DON'T TURN ON THE GAS, SO LONG"
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00:20:54 473.75 |
LOW ANGLE UP AT STAIRWELL, WOMAN THANKS MAN
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00:21:04 483.2 |
WOMAN CARRIES IN BIRDCAGE AND GETS HER BAG AND EXITS ROOM
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00:21:18 497.39 |
MAN HIDES UNDER STOOP AS WOMAN LEAVES BUILDING, HE FOLLOWS HER
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00:21:46 525.33 |
EXT OF DELICATESSEN AT NIGHT, WOMAN ENTERS
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00:21:52 531.65 |
POV INT OF DELICATESSEN, MAN PEEKS IN THROUGH WINDOW, SNEAKY, CUT TO EXT OF DELI, 1930S ADVERTISING
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00:22:04 543 |
WOMAN AT CASHIERS BOOTH, ZOOM IN ON BANK OF AMERICA CASHIERS CHECK OR DEPPOSIT SLIP, 1932
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00:22:17 556.74 |
WOMAN SEATED AT SHOE STORE, SALESMAN FITS SHOE ON HER FOOT
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00:22:25 564.41 |
WOMAN SEATED IN FRONT OF VANITY MIRROR, TRIES ON HAT, SHOPPING
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00:22:35 574.08 |
WOMAN GETS A FACIAL AT SPA
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00:22:42 581.91 |
WOMAN TYPING AT DESK IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE,CALLS OUT COPY AND RIPS PAPER OUT OF TYPEWRITER, NEWS BOY TAKES THE PAPER, SHOTS RUBBER BAND AT SLEEPING JOURNALIST, COMIC PRANK
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00:23:04 603.69 |
MS OF WOMAN AT TYPEWRITER, PUTTING RUBBER BAND AROUND PAPER, WORKING WOMAN, 1930S
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00:23:08 607.82 |
GROUCHY CO-WORKER THROWS A WADDED UP NEWSPAPER AT HER, MAN MAKES JOKE ABOUT HIS WIFE, "THE WHIP", ANSWERS OLD FASHIONED PHONE, GETS CALLED INTO THE BOSS'S OFFICE, KIDS AROUND WITH WOMAN
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00:24:17 676.79 |
JOURNALIST ENTERS EDITOR'S OFFICE, BOSS GIVES HIM A NEW DANGEROUS JOB, INVESTIGATING THE SMUGGLING OF CHINESE INTO THE COUNTRY, "COOLIES", RACIST LANGUAGE,
-BOSS TALKS ON INTERCOM, CUT TO MAN ON OTHER LINE |
00:25:55 774.18 |
REPORTER EXITS BOSS'S OFFICE AND TALK TO FEMALE CO-WORKER ABOUT HIS NEW JOB, LOTS OF RACIST LANGUAGE AND CHINESE STEREOTYPES
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00:27:01 840.7 |
WOMAN REPORTER ENTERS EDITOR'S OFFICE AND ASKS FOR THE CHINATOWN ASSIGNMENT, TELLS HER NOT TO DO ANYTHING ON HER OWN, MS OF THEM TALKING
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00:28:57 956.38 |
EDITOR'S FIANCE AND HER FATHER ENTER OFFICE, MAN CARRIES A CANE, THEY SIT AT HIS DESK AND FATHER TRIES TO DISSUADE HIM FROM INVESTIGATING THE CHINESE, FIANCE BEGS HIM TO STOP
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00:30:22 1041.79 |
WOMAN REPORTER AT DESK, LEAVES OFFICE
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00:30:33 1052.63 |
WOAM REPORTER WALKS THROUGH CHINATOWN AT NIGHT, CHOP SUEY STORES, CHINESE SIGNAGE, SAILORS SIT ON STOOP
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00:31:03 1082.85 |
REPORTER STOPS AT CHINESE SHOP AND GREETS PRETTY CHINESE GIRL BY NAME AND ASKS HER ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND,SHE LOOKS IN WINDOW OF CHINESE IMPORT
STORE "WU SIN" WITH DECORATED VASES |
00:32:03 1142.8 |
WS OF SHOP, CHINESE AMERICAN BOYFRIEND STOPS TO SEE GIRLFRIEND AT WORK, CUT TO REPORTER WATCHING THEM
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00:32:13 1152.09 |
MS OF CHINESE COUPLE TALKING
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00:32:26 1165.22 |
WHITE WOMAN LOOKS OVER HER SHOULDER AND SMILES, CHINESE MAN EXITS WU SIN SHOP AND SPIES ON COUPLE, HE CALLS MAN OVER AND THEY ENTER STORE
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00:33:07 1206.5 |
INT OF CHINESE IMPORT SHOP, CUSTOMER AND SALESMAN TALK CHINESE
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00:33:17 1216.56 |
TWO CHINESE MEN ENTER THROUGH BEADED CURTAIN TO BACKROOM, RICHLY DECORATED ROOM, THEY SIT AND HAVE TEA, MAN ASKS TO MARRY GIRL AND GUARDIAN REFUSES, BOYFRIEND PROTESTS "BUT THIS IS THE 20TH CENTURY, WE'RE LIVING IN AMERICA!", MAN SPEAKS WITH A LISP AND FAKE ACCENT??
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00:35:36 1355.24 |
CHINESE MAN HITS GONG
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00:35:40 1359.02 |
CHINESE MAN EXITS SHOP AND WALK PAST HIS GIRLFRIEND WITH OUT A WORD
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00:35:58 1377.62 |
WHITE REPORTER ENTERS CHINESE SHOP
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00:36:04 1383.81 |
PRETTY CHINESE GIRL IN NEWSSTAND EXITS THROUGH DUTCH DOOR, TWO SAILORS TURN AND WATCH HER THEY ALMOST FOLLOW HER
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00:36:35 1414.04 |
WHITE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER IN CHINESE IMPORT SHOP, CHINESE MAN USES AN ABACUS, CUT TO MAN PEERING THROUGH ABACUS
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00:36:53 1432.81 |
STORE OWNER EXITS BACK ROOM AND TALKS TO REPORTER BROWSING THROUGH GOODS, LIFTING VASES
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00:37:39 1478.61 |
MS OF MEN IN SHOP, WHITE MAN LOOKS AT VASE, MING DYNASTY $ 800.
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00:38:06 1505.29 |
CHINESE WOMAN WALKS DOWN LONG HALLWAY AND MEETS HER BOYFRIEND, MAN SPIES ON THEM
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00:38:49 1548.16 |
CU F MAN'S HAND HOLDING SMALL STATUE OF THREE MONKEYS, SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL....
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00:38:55 1554.7 |
MS OF CUSTOMER IN ASIAN ANTIQUE STORE, WHITE MAN BUYS KNICK KNACK FOR A QUARTER ADN WALKS OUT OF STORE, CHINESE MAN FOLLOWS
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00:39:21 1580.15 |
WHITE MAN EXITS CHINESE IMPORT STORE, ASIAN MEN IN WESTERN SUITS PASS BY, CHINATOWN
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00:39:36 1595.75 |
WHITE WOMAN WATCHES FROM ACROSS THE STREET, IN FRONT OF DR. FENG HERBALIST
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00:39:38 1597.37 |
MAN BEING FOLLOWED TURNS AROUND AND CONFRONTS HIS TAIL ON DARK STREET, LIGHTS A CIGARETTE AND FOLLOWS ASIAN MAN
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00:40:24 1643.37 |
CHINATOWN STREET SET
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00:40:34 1653.58 |
WOMAN HIDES IN THE SHADOWS, AND WATCHES THE GOING ONS, SHE FOLLOWS ASIAN MAN, COP WATCHES HER
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00:41:13 1692.99 |
INT OF CHINESE RESTAURANT, MEN EATING WITH CHOPSTICKS, WHITE MAN SITS IN BEADED BOOTH AND LAUGH AT PICTURE
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00:41:41 1720.14 |
DARK STREET, WOMAN SNEAKING AROUND
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00:41:58 1737.96 |
GROUP OF WHITE MEN TALKING ABOUT MONEY, MAKING A DEAL
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00:42:06 1745.57 |
VERY DARK ALLEYS WOMAN SNEAKING AROUND
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00:42:30 1769.67 |
WHITE MEN TALK ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT WITH "COOLIES" RACIST LANGUAGE, CUTS TO SILHOUETTE OF WOMAN HIDING IN THE SHADOWS
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00:42:55 1794.42 |
1930S TRUCK PULLS AWAY IN THE DARK, CUT TO WOMAN IN THE SHADOWS
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00:43:06 1805.64 |
DRUNK JOURNALIST NODDING OFF IN RESTAURANT, SONG ON GONG BEING HIT, CHINESE MEN LAUGH AT HIM
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00:43:37 1836.43 |
CHNESE GIRL CLOSES NEWSSTAND FOR THE NIGHT AND ENTERS STORE NEXT DOOR AS FEMALE REPORTER PASSES BY
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00:44:00 1859.9 |
WAITER ENTERS CHINESE RESTAURANT WITH POLICE OFFICER WHO THROWS THE DRUNK MAN OUT, DRAGS HIM DOWN STAIRS AND DOWN HALLWAY, REPORTER WAS ONLY FAKING HE TELLS THE COP "PADDY" IRISH STEREOTYPE IN THE DARK
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00:44:43 1902.28 |
MAN AND WOMAN ON PHONE, QUICK CONVERSATION
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00:44:48 1908.02 |
REPORTER RUSHES INTO DRUG STORE AND ENTERS PHONE BOOTH WITH HIS CO-WORKER THE FEMALE REPORTER THEY BOTH DESCRIBE THE SMUGGLING RING,
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00:45:58 1978.02 |
VIEWS OF CHINATOWN SET, GONG SOUNDS
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00:46:13 1992.53 |
ORNATE ROOM OF WEALTHY CHINESE MAN, SITTING AND READING HIS NEWSPAPER, PRETTY CHINESE GIRL ENTERS AND SPEAKS TO HER IN STRANGE ACCENT ABOUT HER VALUE AS A BRIDE, AND HER SUITORS, TELLS HER TO GO TO THE SHRINE AND TALK TO THE GODS, SHE BOWS AND LEAVES
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00:47:44 2083.48 |
CHINESE WOMAN BOWS AT SHRINE WITH STATUE OF SEATED BUDDHA, ZOOM INTO INCENSE BURNING
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00:48:04 2103.94 |
REPORTER TALKS TO HIS EDITOR ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION
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00:48:24 2123.48 |
FEMALE REPORTER TALKS TO COLLEAGUE AT WORK ABOUT A SHIP, SHE LEAVES NEWSPAPER OFFICE
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00:48:56 2155.59 |
DETECTIVE AGENCY PAINTED ON GLASS DOOR, FEMALE REPORTER ENTERS OFFICE, ASKS HIM TO UNCOVER SOME INFORMATION ABOUT AT SHIP, DETECTIVE TAKES NOTES
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00:49:39 2198.89 |
BLANK
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00:49:46 2205.09 |
NEWSPAPER OFFICE, EDITOR KISSES HIS FIANCEE AT DOOR TO HIS OFFICE
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00:49:53 2212.77 |
REPORTER HAS AN IDEA AND STARTS TYPING CUT TO CU OF TYPEWRITER, HE PASSES THE NOTE TO HIS FEMALE CO-WORKER, BOSS CALLS THE WOMAN REPORTER INTO HIS OFFICE
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00:50:42 2261.38 |
EDITOR AND REPORTER TALK IN HIS OFFICE ABOUT LOVE AND THE "COOLIE SCANDAL", HE PASSES HER THE PHONE AND SHE SITS AT HIS DESK,
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00:51:26 2305.92 |
PRIVATE DETECTIVE PASSES ON THE INFORMATION ON THE PHONE AS WOMAN LISTENS AND THINKS WHILE SHE HANGS UP PHONE SLOWLY, SHE CONTINUES HER CONVERSATION WITH THE EDITOR, HE WATCHES HER LEAVE AND LITS UP CIGARETTE
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00:53:04 2403.64 |
REPORTER AT HIS DESK MAKES FUNNY FACE
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00:53:15 2414.33 |
WEALTHY COUPLE HAS ASIAN BUTLER WHO ANNOUNCES VISITOR, BUTLER BOWS
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00:53:53 2452.25 |
ASIAN BUTLER OPENS DOOR FOR VISITOR AND LETS WHITE WOMAN IN APARTMENT, TWO WOMEN SIT AND VISIT, REPORTER TALK ABOUT THE SMUGGLING OF CHINESE INTO THE COUNTRY, USES RACIST TERM COOLIES AND ACCUSES WOMAN FATHER OF BEING A CROOK, CUT TO OLDER MAN LISTENS AT THE DOOR WITH HIS CIGARETTE AND NEWSPAPER
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00:55:20 2539.06 |
SEATED WOMAN GETS SNIPPY AND ACCUSES REPORTER OF BEING IN LOVE WITH HER FIANCEE AND DISMISSES VISITOR,
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00:56:00 2579.24 |
WOMAN TALKS TO HER FATHER , MS, ACCUSES HER FATHER, "I SHOULD HAVE SCRATCHED HER EYES OUT", FATHER LEAVES
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00:56:31 2610.97 |
MAN WITH CANE ENTERS ASIAN BOSS' APARTMENT, THEY TALK ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SMUGGLING, THEY SHAKE HANDS
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00:58:57 2756.4 |
ASIAN MEN IN SLIPPERS AND HATS TALK OUTSIDE THE YOUNG CHINESE SOCIAL CLUB, CUT TO GONG SOUNDING AND MAN UNFURLING A DRAGON FLAG FROM BALCONY
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00:59:07 2766.76 |
PRETTY CHINESE WOMAN IN NEWSTAND LOOKS UP, MEN OUTSIDE CHINESE LAUNDRY HEAR THE GONG, CUTS TO BANNER WITH DRAGON
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00:59:34 2793.54 |
MEETING OF CHINESE MEN IN LARGE ROOM, AWKWARD CHINESE SPOKEN, CHINESE SCRIBES WRITE WITH BRUSHES AND INK AT DESKS, THEY ALL CONTRIBUTE A BALLOT, SECRET VOTE
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01:00:51 2871.04 |
CHINESE MEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, SMOKING
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01:01:03 2882.98 |
CHINESE BOSS OR LEADER AT MEETING DISMISSES THE MEN
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01:01:21 2900.78 |
CHINESE BOSS SENDS ASSISTANT FOR SOMEONE, LOOKS AT LIST AND SCHEMES
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01:01:51 2930.86 |
ASIAN MAN IN WESTERN SUIT ENTERS ROOM WITH ORIENTAL DECORATIONS, CHINESE BOSS IN ORNATE CARVED CHAIR GIVES HIM A JOB TO DO, KILLING A WOMAN, MAN REFUSES, "I'M NOT A HATCHET MAN", REBELS AGAINST OLD TRADITIONS, CHINESE BOSS OFFERS HIM THE HAND OF HIS SWEETHEART IF HE DOES JOB, BOSS OFFERS HIM A DISPLAY OF WEAPONS
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01:05:09 3128.85 |
MS OF CHINESE MAN IN WESTERN SUIT THINKS ABOUT HIS DILEMMA AND PUTS A GUN IN HIS POCKET BEFORE HE LEAVES THROUGH BEADED CURTAIN
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01:05:40 3159.25 |
MAN WATCHES THROUGH SLIDING PANEL IN DOOR CHINESE GANG LEADER IS PLEASED AND BOWS TO STATUE OF BUDDHA
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01:05:59 3178.78 |
WHITE WOMAN OPENS DOOR TO APARTMENT AND LETS IN SAD CHINESE GIRL, THEY TALK ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND'S DILEMMA TO KILL A MAN, CHEERFUL WHITE WOMAN ASSURES CHINESE GIRL
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01:07:25 3264.55 |
YOUNG ASIAN MAN IN WESTERN SUIT WALKS DOWN STREET IN CHINATOWN
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01:07:41 3280.3 |
NEWSPAPER OFFICE, REPORTER TELLS EDITOR ABOUT HIS FIANCEE'S FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN SMUGGLING ILLEGALS INTO THE COUNTRY, EDITOR MULLS IT OVER AND GIVES OUT ORDERS, EVERYONE HOPS TO
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01:09:00 3359.51 |
PRETTY FIANCEE ENTERS EDITOR'S OFFICE AND FINDS THE WOMAN REPORTER THERE, SHE ARGUES AND BREAKS OFF ENGAGEMENT, STEPS ON RING AND LEAVES, MAN POCKS UP THE RING AND GETS BACK TO WORK
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01:10:29 3448.66 |
NEWSPAPER , HEADLINE READS "TRIBUNE EXPOSES COOLIE RACKET", RACIST LANGUAGE
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01:10:40 3459.16 |
CU OF NEWSPAPER, "ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO COUNTY TRACED"
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01:10:45 3464.75 |
ASIAN MAN IN WESTERN SUIT HIDES IN THE SHADOWS IN ASCOULE PASSES BY, HE FOLLOWS THEM, THEY ENTER APARTMENT AND MAN OPENS WINDOW
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01:11:48 3527.45 |
POV MAN PEEKING IN WINDOW AT NIGHT
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01:11:52 3531.09 |
WOMAN ENTERS ROOM AND SEES MAN OUTSIDE WINDOW AND SCREAMS
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01:12:04 3543.38 |
COUPLE CONFRONTS CHINESE MAN ON COUCH, MAN HOLDS GUN ON HIM
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01:12:24 3563.5 |
CHINATOWN STREET SET, 1930S CAR PULLS UP AND DETECTIVES ENTER THE WU SIN IMPORTING COMPANY
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01:12:40 3579.98 |
DETECTIVES QUESTION CHINESE BUTLER, THEY SEARCH FOR LEADER AND BREAK DOWN DOOR AND FIND CHINESE MAN TIED TO CHAIR AND DRUGGED
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01:13:26 3625.1 |
WHITE COUPLE TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION, BLACK HUMOR
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01:13:47 3646.62 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE READS "ROGER KING SKIPS COUNTRY", CUT TO ARTICLE CU "MILLIONAIRE SHIP OWNER WANTED FOR IMMIGRATION VIOLATION, DISAPPEARS"."CHARLIE SAN GRANTED PROBATION"
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01:14:07 3666.03 |
CHINATOWN AT NIGHT, MEN TALK IN CHINESE ON STREET
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01:14:15 3674.34 |
SIGN WITH CHINESE CHARACTERS, ZOOM OUT TO WEDDING CEREMONY OF CHINESE COUPLE IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, CUT TO WHITE COUPLE GETTING MARRIED BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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01:14:39 3698.58 |
MS OF CHINESE WEDDING COUPLE EXCHANGING RINGS, CUT TO WHITE COUPLE DOING THE SAME, AERICAN COUPLE KISSES
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01:15:08 3727.29 |
TRADITIONAL CHINESE TEA CERMONY FOR WEDDING, GONG SOUNDS, THE END TITLE CARD
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01:15:23 3742.82 |
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