The chest which is 27.3 inches long, 10 inches wide and 14.4 inches in height has the markings of Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland,Ohio, series of 1934. Total Face Value: three trillion USA.” On top of the markings was an engraved seal of the United States. The opened compartments contained seven film clichés, 12 bank certificates, 12 redemption act certificates, 12 treasury certificates, 12 inventory lists, 12 gold reserve act certificates, 11 insurance certificates and 12 gold bullion certificates. The fourth compartment contained 200 pieces of US federal bond interest coupons, with each coupon stating it was worth $1 billion.

Must be authentic. All the bonds over 100 million had typos prior to 1940.

What were the film cliches? That is what I find interesting here. That Hollywood would store cliches in an old trunk like that.

I'm thinking, some of the film cliches included:

the final scene where the protagonist wakes up and it was all a dream,

the hero defuses the time bomb with one second left on the clock,

the startling swell of music when someone opens a door in a horror movie,

any science fiction film ending with the aliens or the alien planet actually being Earthlings or the Earth.

But Christopher, they were film cliches from the 1930s. Maybe by now they'd seem fresh again!

I am very curious as to what what was intended. Maybe a "film clip cache" that was almost edited to "seven film clips"?

Also from the article:

They, however, decided not to open the 11 other compartments that were sealed with a welding lead.

Roderos and Valmoria said they would only open the sealed compartments in the presence of an American government representative.

I guess a government representative is OK. . . if Geraldo's not available.

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