In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and disprove a fraudulent insurance claim.
Social & External
The people behind it
Pete Smith
Narrator (voice)
Jo A. Goggin
Himself
John Miljan
Herman Taphert (uncredited)
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