- Title: VM-552
- Summary: DEFENSIVE TACTICS: YOUR PERSONAL WEAPONS OF DEFENCE. TRAINING FILM USED IN FBI TRAINING SCHOOLS AND FOR SPECIAL AGENTS IN FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT INJURY. DEMONSTRATES HOE AGENTS MUST STAY ALERT TO STAY ALIVE. HOW TO SUBDUE A PERSON BY ATTACKING VULNERABLE POINTS WITHOUT CAUSING MAJOR INJURY. POINTS ARE MARKED ON HUMAN MODEL AND SOME ARE DEMONSTRATED BY TWO AGENTS LETTER TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM J. EDGAR HOOVER AT START OF FILM
- Description:01:45:33 - MAN WALKS IN TRAIN YARD. FBI AGENT ATTACKED BY CRIMINAL, AGENT THROWS HIM, ANOTHER CRIMINAL ATTACKS HIM, THROWS HIM. 01:46:17 - CU AGENT'S HANDS. CLENCHED FIST. HANDS USED AS A WEAPON. 01:46:35 - CU HAND CHOPS THROUGH WOOD. KARATE CHOP 01:46:43 - HAND HITS RUBBER BALL. 01:46:47 - CU BODY PARTS AS WEAPONS. CU ELBOW. ELBOW HITS WALL. 01:46:53 - MAN'S FEET. BODY PARTS AS WEAPONS. USES FEET TO CHOP WOOD. KARATE CHOP WITH FOOT 01:47:00 - CU KNEE. BODY PARTS. KNEE BASHES INTO LEATHER BOXING BAG 01:47:09 - MAN POSING WITH ARMS OUT WEARS 1950s BATHING TRUNKS. HUMAN MODEL USED TO OUTLINE VUNERABLE POINT OF THE BODY 01:47:22 - CU USING LIPSTICK TO OUTLINE VUNERABLE POINTS ON THE HEAD AND FACE. TEMPLE. EYE. BRIDGE OF THE NOSE. BASE OF THE NOSE & UPPER LIP. LOWER LIP. CHIN. THROAT. ADAM'S APPLE. 01:48:01 - CU LIPSTICK OUTLINES HEART, SOLAR PLEXES. STOMACH. VUNERABLE POINTS ON THE BODY. OUTLINES MAN'S GROIN AREA WITH LIPSTICK. LEGS AND FEET. KNEE. SHIN. ACHILLE'S HEEL. BACK OF THE KNEE HANDS AND ARMS. SPINAL COLUMN. TAILBONE. INTERNAL ORGANS, KIDNEYS. LIVER. BACK & SIDE OF THE NECK. EAR. 01:50:14 - MAN STANDS AWKARDLY WITH VUNERABLE POINTS OF HIS BODY OUTLINED IN LIPSTICK 01:50:24 - FBI GYMNASIUM. FBI AGENTS STUDYING DEFENSIVE TACTICS. 1950s EXERCISE BIKE. LEARNING TO BALANCE ONESELF IN AN ATTACK. PROPER BALANCE. PRINCIPAL OF LEVERAGE. THE HIP THROW. 01:51:15 - CU "THE FINGER LOCK" SHOWS HOW TO GET AN ATTACKER IN A FINGER LOCK POSITION 01:51:26 - AGENTS ILLUSTRATE DEFENSIVE TACTICS IN GYMNASIUM. INDOOR TRAINING 01:51:46 - MAN WALKS ON DOCK, PLEASURE BOATS. AGENT APPROACHES CHARTER FISHERMAN. SHOWS HIS BAGDE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS FBI. GOES ON BOARD, ROUTINE CHECK. CRIMINAL HIDDEN ON BOARD, COMES OUT ARMED. FBI AGENT WRESTLES THE GUN FROM SUSPECT. DISARMS CRIMINAL. 01:52:53 - CU HAND HOLDING HANDGUN 01:52:59 - FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY, AGENTS ILLUSTRATE DISARMING TECHNIQUES MOVE MUZZLE AWAY FROM THE BODY 01:53:28 - FBI AGENTS ENTER SECOND FLOOR BAR. MAN EATING LUNCH. RED & WHITE CHECKERED TABLECLOTHS. BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE TABLE MEN EAT ALONE AT TABLES. AGENT SHOWS BARTENDER HIS BADGE SHOWS HIM MUG-SHOT OF CRIMINAL. MAN IN BKGD BREAKS BOTTLE ATTACKS AGENT WITH BROKEN BEER BOTTLE, AGENT WRESTLES IT OUT OF CRIMINALS HAND, KNEES HIM IN THE GROIN, ATTACKER DROPS TO THE FLOOR, AGENT PUTS HIM UNDER ARREST. 01:54:44 - FBI AGENTS ILLUSTRATE TECHNIQUE IN GYM. CU HANDS HELD TOGETHER TO FORM A WEDGE AGAINST ATTACKER'S WRIST. KNEES ATTACKER IN THE GROIN. CU BROKEN BOTTLE WEAPON IN HAND ASSAILANT SUBDUDED 01:54:59 - CAPTURED CRIMINAL RESISTS GOING THROUGH DOORWAY, PUTS HIS HANDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DOOR. CU KICKING THE BACK OF THE CRIMINAL'S KNEE, AGENT CARRIES CRIMINAL THROUGH THE DOORWAY BY THE NECK 01:55:12 - AGENT ILLUSTRATES FIGHTING IN A HALF SITTING, HALF SUPINE POSITION. KICKS WITH HIS LEGS KICKS ASSAILANT IN THE LEGS, DROPS TO THE GROUND, KNIFE DROPS OUT OF HIS HAND. 01:55:27 - TWO AGENTS TRACKING DOWN STOLEN PROPERTY, APPROACH TWO STORY COUNTRY HOUSE, KNOCK ON FRONT DOOR. OLD HOUSEKEEPER ANSWERS THE DOOR, TALKS TO THE AGENTS, SHUTS THE DOOR 01:56:02 - AGENTS WALK IN BACK OF THE HOUSE TO THE BARN, SHOUT FOR THE SUSPECT, NO RESPONSE, DOG HEARD BARKING, LOK AROUND FOR SUSPECT. 01:56:40 - AGENT OPENS BARN DOORS, MOVES PILE OF HAY, REVEALING STOLEN GOODS. CRATE MARKED "PROPERTY OF U.S. GROVERNMENT" 01:57:04 - CU CRIMINAL HIDING, WATCHING, GRABS A STICK, CREEPS BEHIND AGENT, AGENT SUBDUES CRIMINAL 01:57:59 - AGENTS IN GYM ILLUSTRATE HOW TO BLOCK A BLOW FROM A CLUB PUTS SUSPECT IN A "COME-ALONG" HOLD, BENDS HIS WRIST, BRINGS HIM TO HIS FEET. 01:58:25 - MAN WATCHES AS ANOTHER CHANGES FLAT TIRE 01:58:31 - AGENT TALKS TO A GROCER WHILE HE MARKS ITEMS 01:58:38 - MEN IN MEETING IN OFFICE, TALKING TO MAN SEATED BEHIND A DESK 01:58:43 - MAN TALKS TO A WOMAN OUTSIDE HER APARTMENT DOOR 01:58:49 - MAN TALKS TO A FARMER. RED CHECKERED FLANNEL SHIRT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-552