- Title: VM-552
- Summary: FOCUS ON THE FBI: FOLLOWS 27-YEAR OLD LAW SCHOOL GRADUATE, TOM HOLLIDAY, PROGRESS THROUGH 13 WEEK TRAINING COURSE AT FBI ACADEMY AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. TRAINEES LEARN WHEN WHERE, WHAT, AND HOW TO INVESTIGATE BANK ROBBERIES, KIDNAPPINGS, EXTORTION AND ESPIONAGE CRIMES, AND LAWS & FEDERAL STATUTES COVERING THESE CRIMES. DEMONSTRATES HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH AND READ BURNED PAPER, HOW TO IDENTIFY FIRE ARMS, MANUAL FINGERPRINT SEARCH PROCESS, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF GUNS. AT COMBAT VILLAGE, GHOST TOWN USED BY THE FBI TO TRAIN AGENTS, TOM DEMONSTRATES HIS ABILITY TO CAPTURE AND ARREST FUGITIVE. J. EDGAR HOOVER COMMENTS ON IMPORTANCE OF FBI TRAINING FOR SPECIAL AGENTS. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. FBI TRAINING
- Description:01:27:39 - FBI SWEARING IN CEREMONY, 1959. SPECIAL AGENTS 01:28:27 - CU BADGE, WEAPON, REVOLVER, BRIEFCASE. FBI SYMBOLS 01:28:30 - FBI AGENT CONGRATULATED,GIVEN A FBI BADGE, CU HANDED A REVOLVER 01:28:42 - "BUS DEPARTS FOR QUANTICO AT 12 NOON" WRITTEN ON BLACKBOARD 01:28:44 - FBI AGENTS RIDING ON A 1950s BUS. ARRIVE AT FBI ACADEMY IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. MEN CARRYING SUITCASES. OVERCOATS AND HATS GET OFF BUS AND WALK INTO FBI ACADEMY. MEN CUT OUT OF THE SAME MOLD. MEN ALL LOOK THE SAME 01:29:13 - ADULT MALE ROOMMATES PUT THEIR BELONGINGS AWAY IN LOCKERS SIMILAR TO A DORM ROOM WITH FOUR BEDS. MAN PLACES A PHOTO OF LOVED ONES ON BEDSIDE TABLE. MAN UNPACKING SUITCASE. ROOM BARE OF DECORATIONS, BARE WALLS, COLD IMPERSONALE ATMOSPHERE 01:29:40 - CU FBI HANDBOOK. CU MAN WRITES HIS NAME IN HIS BOOK 01:30:00 - AGENTS IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ON THE JURISDICTION OF THE FBI. INSTRUCTOR AT BLACKBOARD. AGENTS TAKING NOTES 01:30:12 - 1950s BANK ROBBERS ESCAPE IN 1950s CAR 01:30:21 - CHILD WALKS OVER TO PARKED CAR WITH PASSENGER DOOR OPEN MAN GRABS THE CHILD AND CAR TAKES OFF. KIDNAPPING CHILD KIDNAPPED OFF RESIDENTIAL STREET 01:30:27 - CU MAILING A LETTER IN MAIL BOX 01:30:32 - CU 1950s MOVIE CAMERA. FBI FILM SHOWN. ESPIONAGE. FREDERICK DUCANE, GERMAN SPY PULLING STOLEN DOCUMENTS FROM HIS SOCK PASSES DOCUMENTS TO AN UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT. SPY CAUGHT ON FILM. 01:30:57 - FBI AGENTS IN CLASSROOM 01:31:06 - FBI HEADQUARTERS. SIGNS FOR LABORATORY, DOCUMENT SECTION 01:31:11 - FBI AGENTS LEARNING TO RESTORE AND READ CHARRED DOCUMENTS DOCUMENT PIECED TOGETHER, PRESSED BETWEEN GLASS AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY A SPECIAL CAMERA IN FBI LAB. INFRARED FILM. PRINTS MADE AND DEVOLOPED, AND READ. BANK ROBBER'S NOTE TO ACCOMPLICE. 01:32:02 - SPECTROGRAPHY SECTION OF THE FBI. TINY PAINT CHIPS ARE EXAMINED THROUGH A SPECTROGRAPH 01:32:23 - TIP OF CARTRIDGE INSERTED INTO AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE LIGHTS TURNED OFF, PIECE OF CARTRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHED MINUTE RESIDUE MAGNIFIED 100,000 TIMES ITS SIZE 01:32:51 - FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION DEPARTMENT. AGENT SHOOTS A GUN INTO A BOX OF COTTON FLUFF, DIGS BULLET OUT 01:33:14 - AGENTS STANDING AND TAKING NOTES 01:33:33 - AGENTS ENTER FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION DIVISION OF THE FBI. 01:33:48 - FEMALE EMPLOYEE PROCESSES FINGERPRINTS, AGENTS WATCH 01:34:03 - BUSY FBI FINGERPRINTING IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, WORKERS WITH PILES OF PAPERWORK ON THEIR DESKS. WHITE COLLAR PAPER PUSHERS 01:34:20 - CU MAGNIFIED FINGERPRINT. 01:34:30 - TRACKING SHOT THROUGH FBI FINGERPRINTING DIVISION 01:35:00 - AGENTS STANDING AROUND 1950s PHOTOCOPY MACHINE MAKING COPIES OF FINGERPRINT REPORT. 01:35:18 - FEMALE EMPLOYEE STUFFS ENVELOPES, FILES ON SLIDING MOVING GIZMO. 1950s TECHNOLOGY 01:35:38 - AGENTS WALKING THROUGH FBI FINGERPRINTING IDENTIFICATION DIVISION 01:35:53 - AGENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC FIELD OFFICE 01:36:08 - FBI COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. KGB770. "ON AIR" SIGN AGENTS BEHIND GLASS LISTEN AS AGENT RADIOS IN. 1950s TECHNOLOGY. FINGER PRESSING BUTTONS 01:36:27 - FBI AGENTS PERSUING SUSPECT FOLLOWING SUSPECT'S CAR 01:36:46 - FBI ACADEMY GUN VAULT. PAN ROOM FULL OF RACKS HOLDING VARIOUS TYPES OF FIREARMS, WEAPONS SUB-MACHINE GUNS, REVOLVERS, RIFLES, SHOTGUNS 01:37:09 - FBI AGENTS LEARNING ABOUT WEAPONS. TAKING GUNS APART TO SEE HOW THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER. SUB-MACHINE GUN BROKEN DOWN AND REASSEMBLED. CU PARTS ON TABLE 01:37:45 - CU HAND HOLDING HANDGUN APPEARS FROM BEHIND WALL, CU SHOOTING HANDGUN 01:37:54 - FBI AGENTS SHOOTING TARGET. FBI ACADEMY TARGET RANGE. LOAD AND LOCK. TARGETS WITH MANY BULLET HOLES. TARGET PRACTICE 01:38:59 - AGENTS DROP DOWN, LOAD AND LOCK, FIRE THEIR WEAPONS. 01:39:46 - NIGHTTIME TARGET PRACTICE. SHOOTING AT TARGETS AT NIGHT TARGETS OF MEN IN A HOUSE. MACHINE GUN FIRE 01:40:00 - FBI AGENTS TRAINING IN "COMBAT VILLAGE" GHOST TOWN USED IN MANEUVERS. AGENTS ASSIGNED 1950s EQUIPMENT. 01:40:43 - CU INSTRUCTOR WEARS HARD HAT WITH "UMPIRE" PAINTED ON IT 01:40:45 - HS AGENTS ASSIGNED EQUIPMENT 01:41:01 - FBI AGENTS IN REALISTIC TRAINING AT COMBAT VILLAGE AGENTS CAPTURE, DISARM AND ARREST SUSPECT 01:42:44 - FBI DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA 01:43:14 - FBI AGENT LEAVES DORM ROOM, FBI TRAINING ACADEMY, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. 01:43:23 - SPECIAL AGENTS GET ON 1950s BUS, BUS LEAVES ACADEMY 01:43:43 - WORKERS LEAVING FBI BUILDING 01:44:10 - J. EDGAR HOOVER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-552