- Title: VM-550F
- Summary: SEARCHING THE CRIME SCENE: POLICE OFFICERS TRAINING FILM ABOUT HOW TO SEARCH A CRIME SCENE. TELLS HOW SILENT WITNESS, EVIDENCE LEADS TO CRIMINAL. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVE ON THE SCENE THEY FIRST PROTECT CRIME SCENE TO PRESERVE THE EVIDENCE. THEY MUST WEAR GLOVES, SKETCH EACH ROOM, INCLUDING SKETCHING THE OUTLINE OF WOUNDED BODIES, TAKE FINGERPRINTS, SHOE PRINTS, AND PRESERVE ALL OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WHICH IS ROUTINELY TAKEN TO THE FBI CRIME LAB. COLLECT DATA AND QUESTION WITNESSES.
- Description:02:16:36 - CU NEON MOTEL SIGN "COLONIAL MANOR MOTEL .." 02:16:41 - PAN TO MOTEL POLICE CAR WITH SIREN ON PULLS INTO PARKING LOT. 1960s CAR PARKED. "FBI PRESENTS" AND FILM TITLE APPEAR ON SCREEN. 02:16:56 - DETECTIVES ARRIVE AT CRIME SCENE AS COPS CARRY CRIME VICTIM ON STRETCHER 02:17:09 - OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION GETS AN INNITIAL REPORT FROM UNIFORMED COP. DIRECTS OFFICER TO ACCOMPANY THE VICTIM 02:17:29 - OFFICER IN CHARGE DIRECTS ANOTHER COP TO PROTECT THE OUTSIDE AREA OF THE CRIME SCENE. ENTERS CRIME SCENE AND CLOSES THE DOOR 02:17:43 - INVESTIGATIVE TEAM SEARCHING THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. HOTEL ROOM WITH EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE, CROOKED PICTURES ON THE WALL OVERTURNED CHAIRS. LAMP ON THE FLOOR. INVESTIGATORS COLLECT EVIDENCE AT CRIME SCENE. BLOOD STAINED RUG. 1960s DECOR. TAKE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CRIME SCENE WITH 1960s CAMERA. BEFORE THE SEARCH BEGINS. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES A PHOTO OF THE VIEWER. 02:18:21 - OFFICER IN CHARGE MAKES A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE SCENE LOOKS AROUND HOTEL ROOM. DROPS OF BLOOD ON LAMP SHADE. BLOOD STAINS ON THE CARPET. FOOT PRINT. CRIME EVIDENCE. LOOKS IN THE CLOSET. PARTS SHOWER CURTAIN LOOKS INSIDE SHOWER. SEARCHING FOR CLUES AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME 02:19:29 - OFFICER IN CHARGE ASSIGNS TASKS TO THE OTHER OFFICERS. WELL-PLANNED SEARCH. 02:19:48 - PAN AROUND WRECKED MOTEL ROOM AFTER A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. SPILLED TRASH CAN. OPEN DRESSER DRAWERS. CROOKED PICTURES ON THE WALL. OVERTURNED CHAIR. SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE. 02:19:57 - OFFICER IN CHARGE ASSIGNS SEARCH ZONES TO SEARCH TEAM SO NOTHING WILL BE OVERLOOKED. 02:20:12 - CRIME SEARCH TEAM AT WORK. DUSTING TELEPHONE FOR FINGERPRINTS DUSTING FLOOR FOR SHOE PRINTS. OFFICER IN CHARGE RECORDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRIME SCENE. MAKES A CRIME SCENE SKETCH. DETECTIVE USES A PEN TO PICK UP A COCA COLA BOTTLE SMELLS THE BOTTLE. PICKS UP AND SMELLS A COCKTAIL. GLASS OF LIQUOR. INVESTIGATOR KNEELS OVER BLOOD STAINS ON THE CARPET. DETECTIVE POURS LIQUOR FROM GLASS & WATER FROM A PITCHER INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS AS EVIDENCE. 02:21:14 - CRIME INVESTIGATORS TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BLOOD STAINS ON CARPET 02:21:25 - OFFICER WRITES FINDINGS IN LOG 02:21:36 - INVESTIGATOR WEARING GLOVES SEARCHES DRESSER DRAWERS FOR CLUES 1960s TV SET ON DRESSER 02:22:11 - INVESTIGATOR COLLECTS EVIDENCE AND SEALS IN BAGS. CU USING TWEEZERS TO PICK UP CIGARETTE BUTTS FROM CARPET EMPTIES CONTENTS OF TRASH BASKET AND EXAMINES. LOOKING FOR CLUES. LOOKS AT CRUMPLED UP PIECES OF PAPER. LOOKS THROUGH PHONE BOOK MAN LOOKS UNDER THE BED. OPENS DRAWERS OF BEDSIDE TABLE LOOKS BEHIND PICTURE ON WALL. LOOKS UNDER CHAIR CUSHIONS 02:23:09 - CU WRITING DETAILS ON CRIMESCENE SKETCH 02:23:20 - INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MEN FOLD BEDSPREAD UP. EVIDENCE. HAIR, CLOTHING FIBERS OR OTHER MATERIAL MAY BE ON IT. 02:23:34 - CU 1960s CRIME SCENE KIT. INVESTIGATOR TAKES ITEMS OUT OF THE KIT. WRITES THE DATE 3/15/67 ON BLANKET. BOTH OFFICERS INITIAL EVIDENCE. 02:24:07 - MEN WRAP THE BLANKET IN BROWN PAPER. CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE 02:24:18 - INVESTIGATOR TAKES DRAWER OUT OF DESK AND TURNS IT OVER 02:24:23 - INVESTIGATORS SWITCH ZONES SO EACH ZONE IS CHECKED TWICE. MAN TAKES LIGHT FIXTURE DOWN AND INSPECTS IT. 02:24:40 - PAN CRIME SCENE. WRECKED HOTEL ROOM. 02:24:53 - INVESTIGATIVE TEAM PACK UP CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE 02:25:07 - 1960s CARS ON TWO-LANE COUNTRY ROAD. RURAL DELIVERY MAIL BOX. 02:25:23 - POV IN BACK SEAT OF POLICE CAR AS CALL COMES IN ON POLICE RADIO. "10-4" 02:25:39 - POLICEMAN SOUNDS POLICE CAR SIREN, RESPONDS TO POSSIBLE HIT-AND-RUN. TURNS CAR AROUND AND RACES TO THE SCENE. 02:26:01 - POLICE ARRIVE AT CAR ACCIDENT SCENE. POLICEMAN FEELS FOR A PULSE OF DEAD MAN ON THE GROUND. KEEPS UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS AWAY. 02:26:54 - TROOPER USES FLARE TO ALERT ONCOMING CARS OF ACCIDENT. 02:26:56 - SEARCH TEAM ARRIVES ON ACCIDENT SCENE. OFFICER IN CHARGE TALKS TO SEARCH TEAM. 1960s AMBULANCE 02:27:20 - PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PHOTO OF DEAD MAN SPLAYED ON THE GROUND CAR ACCIDENT VICTIM. 02:27:29 - SEARCH TEAM OFFICER TAKES STATEMENT FROM EYE WITNESSES WRITES INFORMATION DOWN ON NOTE PAD 02:27:41 - OFFICER IN CHARGE INSTRUCTS AMBULANCE DRIVER 02:27:57 - AMBULANCE BACKS UP, POLICE OFFICER GETS IN AMBULANCE, AMBULANCE DRIVES OFF SLOWLY, NO RUSH, VICTIM IS DEAD 02:28:08 - SEARCH TEAM CONDUCTS AN OUTDOOR SEARCH. LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE. CIRCLE PATTERN SPIRALING OUT FROM MAIN EVIDENCE GRID, DOUBLE STRIP PATTERN COVERS THE SEARCH AREA TWICE FIRST IN ONE DRICETION, THEN THE OTHER 02:28:50 - MEMBER OF THE SEARCH TEAM LAYS STRING OUT TO MARK SEARCH LANES (STRIP PATTERN INVESTIGATIVE SEARCH) 02:29:11 - OFFICER IN CHARGE DRAWS A CRIME SCENE SKETCH. RELATES DETAILS INTO A COMPOSITE PICTURE. 02:29:21 - SEARCH TEAM INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE OF A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT ON A COUNTRY ROAD. THREE MEN IN SUITS HUNCHED OVER LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON THE GROUND. MAN POKES ANOTHER, POINTS TO PIECE OF GLASS, EVIDENCE 02:30:19 - PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PHOTOS AT CRIME SCENE 02:30:21 - INVESTIGATOR USES TWEEZERS TO PICK UP PIECES OF GLASS COLLECTING EVIDENCE AT CRIME SCENE. 02:30:39 - TWO OFFICERS IDENTIFY AND MARK EVIDENCE CONTAINER. 02:30:56 - CU MEASURNING TAPE. MEASURING 38'11". RECORD OF EVIDENCE. VERIFIED BY ANOTHER OFFICER 02:31:11 - OFFICER IN CHARGE FOLLOWS FRESH TIRE MARKS IN THE DIRT INDICTE THE DRIVER KNEW HE OR SHE HIT SOMETHING, STOPPED BY THE ROADSIDE FOR A LOOK. 02:31:26 - PHOTOGRAPHER SETS UP 1960s CAMERA ON TRIPOD TO PHOTOGRAPH TIRE MARKS. CU TAKING PHOTO OF TIRE PRINTS. 02:31:37 - POURING PLASTER, MAKING A PLASTER CAST OF TIRE MARKS 02:31:49 - MAKING A PLASTER CAST OF A SHOE PRINT AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME. OFFICER MARKS SHOE PRINT CAST EVIDENCE 02:32:10 - CU PAINT SMEAR ON SMASHED UP BICYCLE. OFFICER MARKS BICYCLE AS EVIDENCE, TIES A TAG ON BIKE 02:32:26 - SEARCH TEAM PACKS UP AFTER CRIME SCENE SEARCH, PLACE EVIDENCE IN CARDBOARD BOX 02:32:49 - INTERIOR TRASHED HOTEL ROOM, SCENE OF A CRIME 02:32:54 - CU RUBBER-GLOVED HAND CLOSES DRESSED DRAWER 02:32:57 - BITS OF BROKEN GLASS AT OUTDOOR CRIME SCENE, 1960s CAMERA LIGHT 02:33:01 - OFFICER TAGGING EVIDENCE, SMASHED BICYCLE. CU PAINT SMEARS 02:33:10 - OFFICER USES PEN TO PICK UP COCA COLA BOTTLE AT SCENE OF A CRIME 02:33:15 - OFFICER USES TWEEZERS TO PICK UP BITS OF BROKEN GLASS CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE 02:33:18 - INVESTIGATORS WRAP CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE IN BROWN PAPER 02:33:25 - CU SIGN "FBI LABVORATORY" 02:33:29 - FBI CRIME LAB, CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS. MICROSCOPE. 1960s TECHNOLOGY. "THE SILENT WITNESSES THAT LEAD TO A CRIMINAL" 02:33:55 - INTERIOR COURTROOM. JUDGE ASKS THE JURY "HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT?" HEAD JUROR REPLIES "WE HAVE YOUR HONOR, WE FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY AS CHARGED" COURTROOM SOUND BYTE CLICHES. 02:34:04 - PAN TABLE WITH CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE ON IT. PAIR OF SHOES BLOODY ARTICLES OF CLOTHING. CONTAINER WITH BITS OF BROKEN GLASS. PLASTER CASTS OF SHOE PRINTS AND TIRE MARKS. SMASHED UP BICYCLE. CAR TIRE. 02:34:18 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-550F