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10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)

10,000 Kids and a Cop poster
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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