- Title: VM-552
- Summary: YOUR FBI: SHOWS FBI HOOVER BUILDING AND DESCRIBES MISSION OF AGENCY. SHOWS OLD FOOTAGE OF 1930s GANGSTERS GEORGE "MACHINE GUN KELLY", "BABYFACE" NELSON, "PRETTY BOY" FLOYD AND JOHN DILLINGER TO ILLUSTRATE HOW AGGRESSIVE THE FBI AGENCY WAS AT SOLVING CRIMES UNDER DIRECTOR HOOVER. DISCUSSES EXPANSION OF AGENCY AFTER WWII TO INCLUDE INVESTIGATIONS OF ESPIONAGE, SABOTAGE, LOAN SHARKS, INTERSTATE GAMBLING, 1950s BANK ROBBERY, AND KKK VIOLENCE.
- Description:02:16:30 - EXTERIORS, GOVERNMENT MONUMENTS, BUILDINGS, WASHINGTON, DC. CAPITOL BUILDING. LINCOLN MEMORIAL. 02:16:48 - LOTS OF TOURISTS AT THE CAPITOL. VISITING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. PARK. WASHINGTON MEMORIAL 02:17:17 - VISITORS SIT AND WAIT FOR TOUR TO BEGIN. 02:17:27 - TOUR BEGINS, VISITORS RISE AND GRABS THEIR BELONGINGS 02:17:29 - J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING, FBI BUILDING 02:17:46 - TOUR GUIDE POINTS TO FBI BUILDING DIRECTORY. GIVING A TOUR OF THE FBI BUILDING. 1960s TOURISTS LISTEN 02:18:01 - EXTERIOR J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING 02:18:05 - FBI NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, WORKERS PERFORMING VARIOUS TASKS 02:18:16 - FIELD OFFICER & STATE TROOPER TALK TO A CIVILIAN. SHAKE HANDS. TAKING STATEMENT 02:18:28 - FIELD OFFICER & POLICEMAN TALK TO CIVILAIN ON LOADING DOCK 02:18:32 - THE GANGSTER ERA. 1930's. B&W RE-ENACEMENTS OF GANGSTER CRIME SPREES. SHOOTING MACHINE GUNS. KANSAS CITY MASSACRE. 1930s CARS. BABY FACE NESLON. PRETTY BOY FLOYD MACHINE GUN KELLY. JOHN DILLINGER SHOT DOWN ON URBAN STREET. SHOOT-OUTS. 02:19:31 - WWII ESPIONAGE ERA. FBI COMBATING SABOTAGE & ESPIONAGE ARRESTING AXIS AGENTS. B&W FOOTAGE 02:19:46 - POST WWII COLD WAR ACTIVITY. HIDDEN CAMERA SCENES THEFT OF ATOMIC SECRETS. FBI DOUBLE AGENT RENDEZVOUS WITH FOREIGN AGENT ON NEW YORK CITY STREET. B&W FOOTAGE 02:20:02 - 1950s. BRINKS ROBBERY, BOSTON. 1950s BRINKS TRUCKS. BOOKKEEPERS COUNT PILES OF MONEY. UNIFORMED BRINKS OFFICER WHEELS IN CART PILED HIGH WITH SACKS OF MONEY 02:20:14 - EXPLOSION PLANE BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY 1950s TERRORISM 02:20:26 - KKK CEREMONY. BURNING CROSS. RACISM. ORGANIZED CRIME 02:20:34 - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MLK TALKS TO REPORTERS. 02:20:40 - CU 1960s CIGAR SMOKING LOAN SHARK. GAMBLING. ROULETTE WHEEL. DICE THROWN ONTO TABLE. 02:20:49 - J. EDGAR HOOVER MEMORIAL IN CORNER OF FBI DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. 02:20:59 - EXTERIOR J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING CIRCA 1970s 02:21:16 - OFFICER & AGENT TALKING TO MAN IN SHIPYARD 02:21:28 - BOMBING. BUILDING BLOWN UP. TERRORISM 02:21:33 - SNIPER ON ROOF SHOOTS POLICEMAN. POLICE KILLINGS 02:21:43 - CU PAN EVIDENCE IN FBI LAB 02:21:57 - FBI SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY. 1970s TECHNOLOGY 02:22:15 - LAB WORKER TAKES SOIL SAMPLES FROM BOTTOM OF SHOE. TAKES PAINT CHIP SAMPLES FROM MOTORCYCLE FENDER 02:22:26 - LOOKING AT SAMPLES UNDER MICROSCOPE 02:22:30 - EXAMINING EXPLOSIVES IN FBI CRIME LAB 02:22:34 - PIECES OF GLASS, DUST, BITS OF THREADS, SINGLE THREAD OF HAIR ALL EXAMINED IN THE FBI LAB 02:22:44 - TIRE TREAD IMPRESSION, HEEL MARKS, TOOL MARKS ARE EXAMINED IN FBI LAB 02:22:55 - DOCUMENT EXAMINER, HANDWRITING EXPERT COMPARES HANDWRITING SAMPLES 02:23:02 - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTS & IDENTIFIES EVIDENCE. FBI LAB WORK 02:23:07 - NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS DETECTS TRACES OF GUN POWDER RESIDUE ON THE HANDS OF A SUSPECT 02:23:14 - EXPERT RESTORES OBLITERATED SERIAL NUMBER ON A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE 02:23:20 - COMPUTERIZED NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER. 1970s TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS. WALL OF COMPUTERS. 1970s BLACK CAREER WOMAN 02:23:37 - SCIENCE OF FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION. SHOOTS GUN, RETRIEVES BULLET. MATCHING BULLETS TO GUNBARRELS. 02:23:56 - POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF STOLEN JEWELRY IS MADE IN THE FBI LAB 02:24:19 - CU FINGERPRINT. CU COMPUTERIZED FINGERPRINT READER. 1970s TECHNOLOGY. FBI AUTOMATIC FINGERPRINT READER SYSTEM. COMPUTER SCIENCE. PROCESSING FINGERPRINT CARDS. CU TAKING FINGERPRINTS. 02:24:55 - LAB WORKER DUSTING GUN FOR FINGERPRINTS. 02:25:03 - TRACKING SHOT THROUGH ROOM FULL OF FIREARMS, GUNS, SCIENTIFIC SERVICES DIVISION. FIREARMS LABORATORY HANDGUNS. SHOTGUNS. GUN VAULT. 02:25:43 - FBI FIELD OFFICE, FEMALE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR CONNECTING FIELD OFFICERS. 02:25:53 - POV DRIVING UP TO FBI ACADEMY CAMPUS, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA 1970s. 02:26:10 - FBI ACADEMY STAFF TEACHING A CLASS IN WATER TRAINING SITUATIONS WHERE AN AGENT MAY HAVE TO SWIM. FBI TRAINING 02:26:50 - FBI CLASSROOM AGENTS IN ADVANCED INSTRUCTION AT THE FBI ACADEMY. FEDERAL LAWS, FBI PROCEDURES. 02:27:02 - FBI FIREARMS RANGES. DEFENSIVE TACTICS. FBI TRAINING SHOOTING RANGE. TARGET PRACTICE 02:27:23 - FBI DEFENSIVE TRAINING. LEARNING HOW TO SUBDUE & HANDCUFF A SUSPECT 02:27:32 - AGENTS IN PHYSICAL TRAINING. FEMALE AGENT DOES PULL- UPS. PUSH-UPS. EXERCISE. WRESTLING. BOXING. OUTDOOR OBSTACLE COURSE. ROPE CLIMBING. JOGGING. 02:28:27 - FBI AGENTS GRADUATING FROM TRAINING PROGRAM RECEIVE BADGES 02:28:34 - AGENTS GET INTO 1970s CAR, AGENT TALKS ON POLICE RADIO 02:28:46 - POV DRIVING PAST FBI BUILDING 02:29:00 - AGENTS IN FBI BUILDING. OFFICE WORKERS AT THEIR DESKS. 02:29:18 - EXTERIOR FBI BUILDING, WASHINGTON, DC. 1970s 02:29:25 - BUSY URBAN SIDEWALKS, URBAN TRAFFIC. 1970s 02:29:40 - AGENTS IN CAR CHASE, IN PURSUIT OF CRIMINALS. AGENTS BLOCK CAR, CRIMINAL GETS OUT, PLACES HANDS ON CAR. AGENT FRISKS CRIMINAL, HANDCUFFS CRIMINAL 02:30:11 - AGENT TEACHING CLASS ON ESPIONAGE. CU HOLLOW NICKLE HOLDING A ROLL OF MICROFILM. ESPIONAGE TOOLS. 02:30:33 - AGENTS IN MEETING WITH DIRECTOR ? 02:30:45 - EXTERIOR FBI BUILDING, FBI AGENTS AND WORKERS LEAVING THE BUILDING, DOWN FRONT STEPS OF FBI BUILDING
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-552