CRIME: Government to tackle problem of shoplifting (1938)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Forced by colossal annual losses from pilferage, traders urge drastic action to discourage shoplifters. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: One Million Pound Leak! Govt to Tackle Shoplifting? ENGLAND: London: Gen. view Oxford ROLL 5908 Gen. view extr. of ROLL 3073 Long view intr. Store (Chiesman, Lewisham). Semi top view women at counter. CU store detective. CU suspicious-looking woman at counter. Semi CU putting stolen article in bag. Long view three women looking at semi top view one takes cloth. Semi view girl puts arms on bag. Angle takes bag away. CU pan haul of stolen taken from one person. Long view Accountant's Office. CU of Ledger. CU item in from Gen. view & CU Stuart Chiesman (Member of Drapers' Chamber of Ge