Universal Newsreel - humorous report on pyramid schemes, USA; 1949

Humorous newsreel report on Ponzi or pyramid schemes that aim to make 'easy money', with jolly music and narration playing over shots of a police officer talking to a man on a snowy street, possibly in New York City, an executive wearing a bow tie sitting at a neat desk next to a rotary telephone, two men talking on a pavement with another man looking on suspiciously, a man trying to persuade a disinterested woman to join a scheme as she walks into the ladies' toilets (ladies' room, ladies' bathroom) in order to evade him, shutting the door in his face, men arriving at a front door for a party, a group of people sitting together indoors, a man rubbing his hands together as he waits by multiple telephones, close shots of men and women operating telephones and switchboards, a man smoking as he waits by telephones, low-angle POV shot of tall New York buildings, close views of unidentifiable people's feet as they walk up outdoor steps and through doors, people being welcomed into a room and putting dollar bills into a bucket or basket and a man making a silly face as he waits by telephones, USA; precise date unknown. (Universal Newsreel_Episode 1949 – ABMA707K)