- Title: VM-553
- Summary: THE FBI STORY: PROMOTIONAL FILM STARRING JIMMY STEWART ABOUT A YOUNG FBI AGENT WHO DECIDES TO REMAIN WHEN HIS FIANCEE ASKS HIM TO LEAVE THE FBI AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE. HE ENTERS THE NEW FBI ACADEMY FOR TRAINING. FILM DEMONSTRATES THE EXCITEMENT OF BEING AN AGENT AND SHOWS TRAINEES BEING ADDRESSED AS NEW AGENTS IN CLASSROOM. FIANCE DOESN'T WANT HIM TO BECOME AN FBI AGENT. NEVERTHELESS, HE ENTERS FBI ACADEMY FOR TRAINING. FBI AGENTS IN CLASSROOM.
- Description:01:00:10 - JIMMY STEWART WALKS OVER TO PHOTO OF THE ORIGINAL FBI BUILDING. STEWART GIVING A PRESENTATION. 01:00:50 - STEWART WALKS INTO SOUTHERN FBI FIELD OFFICE 01:01:05 - JANITOR FIXING CEILING FAN, STANDS ON DESK TO REACH. STEWART & FIELD OFFICE WORKERS LOOKING ON. COUNTRY BUMPKIN STEREOTYPE. WORKER COMPLAINS LOUDLY, FANS HIMSELF WITH PAPERS. 01:01:16 - STEWART TAKES OFF HIS HAT, LEANS ON DESK, HAS HUSHED CONVERSATION WITH FIELD OFFICER. 01:01:42 - HEAD AGENT ANNOUNCES THEY'RE GOING ON A TRIP, NEW FBI DIRECTOR WANTS THEM IN WASHINGTON 01:02:07 - STEWART TELLS FIANCE HE'S TO REPORT TO WASHINGTON, SAYS HE MAY NOT BE BACK. UPSET WOMAN HANGS HER HEAD. HE BENDS DOWN TO LOOK IN HER EYES. TALK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AMID BOOKSHELVES FIANCE DOESN'T WANT HIM TO BE AN FBI AGENT. STEWART PROMISES TO RESIGN, THEY HUG 01:04:11 - PEOPLE SITTING IN DINING CAR ON TRAIN TOWNS PASS BY, RAINING, RAIN ON TRAIN WINDOWS. STEWART PULLS OUT RESIGNATION LETTER. OTHER AGENT TELLS HIM HE'S A FOOL SAYS THEY NEED HIM. 01:05:54 - OPAQUE GLASS OFFICE WINDOW "J. EDGAR HOOVER, DIRECTOR" STENCILED LETTERS ON THE GLASS. SHILOUETTES OF MEN INSIDE 01:05:56 - FBI DIRECTOR WITH BACK TO CAMERA TALKS TO CLASS OF NEW FBI AGENTS, SUPPOSED TO BE J. EDGAR HOOVER. MEN LISTEN 01:06:26 - BORED MAN PULLS OUT HIS POCKET WATCH, CHECKING THE TIME 01:06:29 - STEWART SITS UP AND LISTENS CAREFULLY, INTENT 01:06:45 - GROUP OF MEN LISTEN TO SPEAKER IN CLASSROOM 01:07:10 - COUPLE HAVING LUNCH AT RIVERSIDE RESTAURANT, LEANING INTO EACH ACROSS TABLE, STEWART ORDERS A BIG PLATE OF SHRIMP. TRIES TO CONVINCE FIANCE FBI HAS CHANGED & HE WANTS TO STAY IN FBI A COUPLE OF YEARS & GO TO THE ACADEMY 01:08:18 - RE-ENACTMENT OF KKK BREAKING INTO OFFICE, HOODED KLANSMEN SMASH WINDOWS AND ENTER WITH A BURNING CROSS, BEAT UP BUSINESSMAN AND DESTROY HIS BUSINESS. KLANSMAN SHOVES BURNING CROSS INTO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF DESTROYED BUSINESS KLANSMEN GRAB BUSINESSMAN AND THREATEN HIM. 01:09:16 - TRUCK BACKS UP, KLANSMEN THROW MAN IN THE BACK, CLIMB IN THE BACK, TWO JUMP OUT TO CLOSE TAILGATE, PULL OFF HOODS, SHOW FBI BADGE, KLANSMEN TRAPPED INSIDE. 01:09:52 - INDOOR FBI SHOOTING RANGE. AGENTS PRACTICE FIRING AT TARGETS 01:10:06 - MONTAGE FBI SHOOTOUTS. COUPLE WALKING DOWN CITY STREET, MAN PULLS OUT HIS GUN AND STARTS SHOOTING. SHOOTOUT AT COUNTRY HOME, FEMALE CRIMINAL INSIDE SHOOTS AT AGENTS. CU SHOOTING GUN FROM BEHIND A TREE. AGENTS SHOOT MAN AT WINDOW. WOMAN KEEPS SHOOTING UNTIL SHE IS HIT BY GUNFIRE. 01:10:33 - CROOK CAPTURED BY THE FBI SAYS "DON'T SHOOT G-MEN!" PUTS HIS HANDS IN THE AIR. 01:10:44 - MEN DRINKING CUPS OF TEA OR COFFEE. MAN PULLS OUT A COIN, SLIDES IT TOWARD THE OTHER GUY, GOES TO PICK IT UP, ANOTHER HAND STOPS HIM, COIN FALLS OUT OF HIS HAND. FBI AGENTS ARREST MEN ON AN ESPOINAGE CHARGE 01:11:21 - STEWART TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE, HANGS UP AND PICKS UP RECEIVER OF ANOTHER PHONE. RED PHONE HOTLINE TO HOOVER, TALKS TO J. EDGAR HOOVER ON THE PHONE. HANGS UP, TALKS TO SECRETARY ON INTERCOM. INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION. SITS BACK, PROUD OF THE JOB HE'S DOING 01:11:43 - STEWART TALKS TO ANOTHER AGENT 01:11:57 - EXTERIOR FBI HEADQUARTERS 01:12:02 - STEWART GETS INTO HIS CAR, WIFE AND SON IN THE BACK SEAT BOY WEARS A BEANIE CAP. DRIVE OFF IN 1950s CAR 01:12:21 - 1950s CAR PASSES CAPTIOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON 01:12:28 - POV FROM JEFFERSON MONUMENT LOOKING AT WASHINGTON MONUMENT BLUE 1950s CAR PASSES BELOW 01:12:39 - CAR PASSES STATUE "RAISING THE FLAG AT IWO JIMA" HISTORICAL MONUMENTS 01:12:48 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-553