BOOK HIM

Year Published: 1960s

Format: 16mm

Description: One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, "Book Him!" was produced in the 1960s. It shows various youth / delinquents and the crimes they commit, and centers on the story of a white, teenage boy who is arrested. Titles over police paperwork, mug shot, fingerprints file— "Book him!" / "Made with the cooperation of the Torrance Unified School District and Torrance Police Department." Book cover: "Crime in the United States—Uniform Crime Reports" (0:23). Words appear: "All statistics in this film are taken from ‘Uniform Crime Reports,’ published annually by the U.S. Department of Justice." Closeup: boys and girls play volleyball, other games on campus (0:34). Two boys (maybe of East Asian heritage?) dribble basketball, shoot, miss (0:43), other boy dribbles to hoop. Brief shot of full moon (0:55). Closeup: smashed, broken windows (0:59). White boy throwing objects at windows in classroom (1:02). Ink cannisters smashing against wall. Boy spray paints wall. Chairs, desks thrown against walls. Books lying on floor, pages torn out, massive ink stains surrounding (1:12). Red peace sign on wall (1:16). Cut: two white police officers at scene of outdoor spray-painting (vandalism), three white teenage boys facing / leaning against wall, hands up, legs spread, police car in foreground. Red paint includes: names, heart, face, peace sign, other symbols. One officer watches from side while other officer pats boys down. Corner of schoolyard with bikes, fence, tree, grass (1:37). Blonde boy steals bike, rides away quickly (suburban streets) (1:40). Handcuffed boy loaded into police car while family watches from front steps, bike on lawn (1:56). Grey-haired store employee talks with teenage girl at jewelry counter, white woman watches (2:01). Closeup: woman's face; she looks around. Expensive-looking boxed bracelet set lying on counter ("Hamilton") (2:10). Girl looks around for witnesses, snatches bracelets, puts in handbag, walks quickly away (2:15). In security office, girl sitting at desk while staff make calls, paperwork (2:30). Parking lot, zoom: teenage boy looks into cars, checks for witnesses, opens passenger door, runs off with purse (2:38). Cop knocks on young thief’s door; he answers (3:04). Girls play ball at school (3:10), zoom on lockers. Hand extended with drugs in palm (blunt, pills) (3:21). Black girl with pigtails looks at white boy handing her drugs (closeups: faces). She hands him cash, he gives her drugs with other hand (closeups: hands, drug deal). She quickly walks away, he closes locker (3:30). School administrator walks alongside policeman, boy, girl towards police vehicle on campus (3:34). Boys wrestling outside (3:44). Boy pulls knife from boot, assaults other, who cries out, clutches body in pain on grass near playground. Assailant flees. Officer with unconscious boy next to him in police vehicle, driving (suburbia) (4:04). Kids play on campus. Girl in flannel serves volleyball; volley continues (4:10). Boys play basketball (4:25). School sports fields in use (4:40). Torrance police vehicle pulls up to garage door (4:50). Mustachioed white cop helps handcuffed white boy in pink shirt out of vehicle, walks to door, pushes buzzer. Black cop inside looks through metal screen, buzzes them in. Various scenes of boy being processed into police station, including many closeups of hands / doors locking / boy with vacant expression. Handcuffs / gun visible as door slams (5:22). Cop removes gun from holster, hands to desk cop (5:30). Cop leads boy through metal gate, closeup of gate locking. At screened window (5:55), white cop removes boys' handcuffs, boy rubs wrists. Boys empties pockets, removes shirt, puts items through slat in screen: keys, wallet, comb, watch, belt, shoes (his sock with hole). Items seen thrown together behind grate, locked in bags, drawer. Boy puts hands on screen, leans, leg spread, cop pats him down (view from below of boy’s face as hands grab him) (7:05). White cop leaves, locks door (7:20). Slat in screen shown locking. Black cop behind screen types on typewriter, CCTV visible (7:29). Cop lets boy into room (closeup: unlocking), gestures to come through. Boy stands on painted footprints (sock with hole), cop lifts large camera (flipped image), holds flash, takes picture. Cop fingerprints boy (closeups). Boy washes hands and is led through halls / doors to cell block. Boy in empty cell on bunk takes in surroundings (toilet, sink, graffiti). Door slams shut. "The End: A Sid Davis Production" (10:21).

Complete Record: One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, "Book Him!" was produced in the 1960s. It shows various youth / delinquents and the crimes they commit, and centers on the story of a white, teenage boy who is arrested. Titles over police paperwork, mug shot, fingerprints file— "Book him!" / "Made with the cooperation of the Torrance Unified School District and Torrance Police Department." Book cover: "Crime in the United States—Uniform Crime Reports" (0:23). Words appear: "All statistics in this film are taken from ‘Uniform Crime Reports,’ published annually by the U.S. Department of Justice." Closeup: boys and girls play volleyball, other games on campus (0:34). Two boys (maybe of East Asian heritage?) dribble basketball, shoot, miss (0:43), other boy dribbles to hoop. Brief shot of full moon (0:55). Closeup: smashed, broken windows (0:59). White boy throwing objects at windows in classroom (1:02). Ink cannisters smashing against wall. Boy spray paints wall. Chairs, desks thrown against walls. Books lying on floor, pages torn out, massive ink stains surrounding (1:12). Red peace sign on wall (1:16). Cut: two white police officers at scene of outdoor spray-painting (vandalism), three white teenage boys facing / leaning against wall, hands up, legs spread, police car in foreground. Red paint includes: names, heart, face, peace sign, other symbols. One officer watches from side while other officer pats boys down. Corner of schoolyard with bikes, fence, tree, grass (1:37). Blonde boy steals bike, rides away quickly (suburban streets) (1:40). Handcuffed boy loaded into police car while family watches from front steps, bike on lawn (1:56). Grey-haired store employee talks with teenage girl at jewelry counter, white woman watches (2:01). Closeup: woman's face; she looks around. Expensive-looking boxed bracelet set lying on counter ("Hamilton") (2:10). Girl looks around for witnesses, snatches bracelets, puts in handbag, walks quickly away (2:15). In security office, girl sitting at desk while staff make calls, paperwork (2:30). Parking lot, zoom: teenage boy looks into cars, checks for witnesses, opens passenger door, runs off with purse (2:38). Cop knocks on young thief’s door; he answers (3:04). Girls play ball at school (3:10), zoom on lockers. Hand extended with drugs in palm (blunt, pills) (3:21). Black girl with pigtails looks at white boy handing her drugs (closeups: faces). She hands him cash, he gives her drugs with other hand (closeups: hands, drug deal). She quickly walks away, he closes locker (3:30). School administrator walks alongside policeman, boy, girl towards police vehicle on campus (3:34). Boys wrestling outside (3:44). Boy pulls knife from boot, assaults other, who cries out, clutches body in pain on grass near playground. Assailant flees. Officer with unconscious boy next to him in police vehicle, driving (suburbia) (4:04). Kids play on campus. Girl in flannel serves volleyball; volley continues (4:10). Boys play basketball (4:25). School sports fields in use (4:40). Torrance police vehicle pulls up to garage door (4:50). Mustachioed white cop helps handcuffed white boy in pink shirt out of vehicle, walks to door, pushes buzzer. Black cop inside looks through metal screen, buzzes them in. Various scenes of boy being processed into police station, including many closeups of hands / doors locking / boy with vacant expression. Handcuffs / gun visible as door slams (5:22). Cop removes gun from holster, hands to desk cop (5:30). Cop leads boy through metal gate, closeup of gate locking. At screened window (5:55), white cop removes boys' handcuffs, boy rubs wrists. Boys empties pockets, removes shirt, puts items through slat in screen: keys, wallet, comb, watch, belt, shoes (his sock with hole). Items seen thrown together behind grate, locked in bags, drawer. Boy puts hands on screen, leans, leg spread, cop pats him down (view from below of boy’s face as hands grab him) (7:05). White cop leaves, locks door (7:20). Slat in screen shown locking. Black cop behind screen types on typewriter, CCTV visible (7:29). Cop lets boy into room (closeup: unlocking), gestures to come through. Boy stands on painted footprints (sock with hole), cop lifts large camera (flipped image), holds flash, takes picture. Cop fingerprints boy (closeups). Boy washes hands and is led through halls / doors to cell block. Boy in empty cell on bunk takes in surroundings (toilet, sink, graffiti). Door slams shut. "The End: A Sid Davis Production" (10:21).

Transcription

[Music] do [Music] for years now there's been lots of talk about juvenile crime and many young people resented there's no question that most boys and girls will never be involved in a serious crime but there is reason for all the talk 25 of all arrests in the united states one in every four is of a person under 18. let's consider vandalism it's often a nighttime crime and schools have become frequent targets [Music] [Applause] what age group would you say has the largest number of arrests for vandalism chances are your answer would be wrong there are nearly twice as many vandalism arrests among 13 to 14 year olds as in any other group a crime can have a simple and innocent beginning a bike at school is carelessly left unchained and someone steals it when your own bike is stolen you begin to see some of the good reasons why we have laws and police and courts [Music] in many cases of bicycle theft both the thief and the victim are teenagers shoplifting has increased at the rate of more than 20 percent each year in the past decade shoplifters steal over three billion dollars worth of merchandise every year and that raises the cost of the things we buy the stores not only have to replace the items stolen they also have to employ guards and install detection equipment in law enforcement shoplifting is classified as larceny theft arrests in that field of crime number nearly half a million a year and 40 percent are under 18. a young person's first step toward crime may be taken when he goes looking for a new thrill or takes a dare or just goes along with his group but he's really challenging professional men and women who are trained in crime prevention and detection are you donald carter drugs have been seized upon by many young people all over the world as their own personal symbols of rebellion and independence drug abuse is the teenage crime in terms of statistics drug arrests of young people under 18 have increased more than 3 000 percent in the past 10 years we're living in violent times and the violence isn't always created by adults it figures in the teenager's world too often in relation to gang activities [Music] a fight between two 14 year olds suddenly becomes a crime called assault one of the boys goes to the hospital and the other goes to jail each year over six hundred under 15 are arrested and probably every one of them thought he'd never get caught at that age a boy or girl can't always see the seriousness of his actions not even the immediate consequences it's degrading to be arrested and booked and locked up in jail the memories and the written records of those ugly events can haunt you the rest of your life these are the big risks a kid runs when he commits a crime jerry learned about the risks he's 14 and he got caught book em hey pretty good [Music] okay empty everything out of your pockets take off any jewelry your watch anything you're wearing around your neck and your belt and your shoes you want to take your shirt off now hey when did you guys start wearing khakis oh it's been about a week now put your hands up on the screen lean back and spread your legs okay that's it is this your true and correct name yeah step over there to the green foot marks [Music] let me have your right hand okay your right thumb on your left hand if you're teleported booking procedures may vary some from one police department to another but no matter what the details are it's an experience you'll never be able to forget from now on until they let you out jerry you're going to be like an animal in a cage there are a lot of locked doors between you and the outside world you aren't in charge of your own life anymore somebody else is and somebody's going to be watching you all the time you won't be alone and you won't be with your friends you'll have lots of time to think about your family and you can spend some of it trying to guess how they feel about your arrest you'll be able to worry about the effect it'll have on your future and it will have an effect you know jerry your arrest report isn't going to be sealed up automatically when you become 18 and it'll never be destroyed copies of it may be sent to county and state indexes of juvenile crime and your fingerprints are already on their way to the fbi no matter how your trial comes out you've got a police record now and it's going to stay with you forever [Music] so you

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