10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

- Directed by
- Charles Barton
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short documentary shows the activities at a youth foundation named after a comedian's son. It focuses on the charity's work with local kids in Los Angeles.
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What happens
10,000 Kids and a Cop is a 1948 documentary short directed by Charles Barton about the philanthropic work of the Lou Costello Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles, California, named after the comedian's son who had died in 1943 aged 1, and it was originally distributed for free to U.S. film exhibitors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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