What an Ingenious Briefcase!

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Hello,
i have seen exactly this item in a book ca. 1975, it was a german book containing several articles about technical inventions. The handle clamps fingers and the three telescopic "antennas" come out of briefcase, also a alarm is starting. Now i have heared the alarm, in the book is was a little difficult

The article was acout some inventions for more security, but i can remember only to this briefcase. I do not have the book because it was lend from a friend. I think, this invention was from the beginning 1970s.

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Some mild electric shocks to the fingers would be fun as well.

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I think I remember this in Popular Mechanics Magazine.

And the 1975 sounds right on.

Used to prevent cash courier robbery in GB, the three arms prevented the person getting into a car for the geteway.

Howy
Cincy

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This reminds me of one of those clever 1960's CIA type gadgets used by Don Adams in the "Get Smart" television show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLTvwB-0lM0

Thanks for posting!

Jason

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Hello,
yes, Maxwell Smart was the first cell phone user in the world Not only a shoe phone, there where also a lot of other hidden phones, one was hidden in a bigger - telephone... I remember of some other gadgets, a shooting violine, shooting hair brush, laser weapon in a buttom of a jacket, not to forget the invisible bulletproof wall in his flat and the never working "cone of silence"

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Its all fun and games till someone loses an eye. lol.

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Good Get Smart episode.
I just hope the operatives get their back salary.
Not to worry, 86 is on the case! (or cuffed to it)

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I'm glad it was well received!

Always keeping an eye out for cuffs in the media.


Stay tuned on the secure channel...

Jason

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Yes, we should have the Restraint Channel.
All cuffs all the time!
TV you can't get away from.

I was going to feature a game to be played at the Cannon Convention where we show TV and movie clips of people cuffed and have a panel identify the cuffs. I never could figure how to capture the freeze frame onto the computer and as we know, the opportunity to have the contest is no longer.

I posted a few TV cuffs on this site, but at least one poster accused me of "degrading" the web site.
In retrospect, my TV cuff degradation paled in comparison with the recent record breaking blogs, so I am not too hurt by his comments.

I thank you for finding cuffs in the the movies or TV and sharing them with us.

mark
O--O

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Greetings Mark:

Identifying cuffs in fast-moving media has always been something of a challenge for myself as well. It seems that in most instances the cameraman is focused on the wearer's facial expressions or on the background scenery, and few if any frames are actually clear enough to make identification possible.

The debut episode (Portrait Of A Dead Girl) of McCloud comes to mind. Marshall McCloud becomes entwined in a plot that involves what appear to be common 1970's Peerless cuffs. It was only by utilizing the frame capture feature of WinDVD that I came to learn that these cuffs were actually clones -- not unlike those used in the debut episode of Barney Miller that I posted a while back.

Like myself, I'm sure that many of us got our first glimpse of handcuffs or shackles through some form of media -- whether it be print, artwork, film/videotape, etc. Many believe that television contains a captivating quality in and of itself. I'm still searching for a vintage show in which a villain utilized a clever ploy to escape from his handcuffs while under house arrest. This televised episode had a strong impact on my young and impressionable mind, though still eludes me to this day.

If I may put down a slice of personal philosophy, I would summarize by asserting that context is everything. Even the most mundane pair of cuffs or restraint can make for a really great scene or depiction within the proper context.

I shall expound further on the aforementioned in my next "Restraint Channel" entry.

Regards,
Jason

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To expand on Mark's idea of a guessing game; what about like a box with a hole on the side cut out. (((for those of you with dirty minds - That's NOT what I was about to say))) A cuff would be placed inside, and someone would insert his/her arm into the box, and be challenged to identify the said cuff by feel only.

Being that the Cannon's Convention is no more, perhaps Indy could be host to such a challenge - especially since it's now the go-to place for collectors in North America...

Just a thought?
--Vince

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Hello,
i have found a summary of all books where the article comes from. The german books came every year (from 1880 to 2003) and have the title "Das neue Universum". I have only one book, it is from 1968. I have seen the book from my friend before i got my book, so i looked to the book before 1968. And in the book from 1967 i have found the title of the article: "Verbrecherjagd im Atomzeitalter", "Manhunt in Atomic Age". So this briefcase must be from 1967 or some years earlier, i think 1965 is a good estimation.

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