Police Utterly Destroy Slot Machine, Jacksonville, Oregon, 1966

SOHS Film 0393
Link to SOHS website film description:
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This silent film clip was aired on 3-25-1966 on the regular evening news program of KMED/KOBI in Medford, Oregon.

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The Jacksonville PD tear down a slot machine, and they go at it hard. Smashing the outside, and then beating the inside with their hammers until they just have a bulldozer run over what was left. They REALLY wanted to make sure that it could never bee used again.

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