Boosting is a Business (1960)
1960 · Ephemeral film · 21 min
Five Finger Discounts
- Crime
- Documentary
- History
Synopsis
Demonstration of shoplifting methods. With the Cooperation and Assistance of Berkeley, California Police Department and Berkeley Police Reserve; Addison H. Fording, Chief of Police; J.F. Hink & Son Department Store, L.W. Hink, President. Technical Assistance: Wm. P. Beall, Lieutenant; E.A. Skells, Sergeant, Berkeley Police DepartmentGeorge Jelten, Director of Visual Merchandising, J.F. Hink and Son. Director of Photography: John L. Siegle. Sound: Walter D. Porep. Narration: John E. Pedersen.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Cinematography
- John L. Siegle
- Studio
- Golden State Film Productions
- Released
- 1960-12-31
- Running time
- 21 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Gotta get me some technical books · Spuzz · 2020-08-11
Fun overview of shoplifters.. Or "Boosters" (a term I've never heard before?). Who they are, how they steal, and other info. Instance after instance of people stealing are shown. All drawn to that late 1960s merchandise. Quite a great little time trip. This is a MUST SEE on this site!
★★★ · Boosting? You Can Learn How To Do It Here · JSBejma · 2015-01-25
Never heard it called that before. Lots of ways to lift stuff from stores (but only back in the day before there were cams everywhere and stuff had electronic theft devices). I had a neighbor who got caught with $450 worth of clothes on under her coat. This film shows how she did that. (Only that poor thing got caught)
