- Title: VM-554
- Summary: THE POSITIVE IMAGE: DRAMATIZED TRAINING FILM. DEMONSTRATES WAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL CAN INFLUENCE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THEM BY TREATING INDIVIDUALS RESPECTIVELY. FOE EXAMPLE, OFFICERS SHOULD REMAIN CALM WHEN FACED WITH CONFRONTATIONAL INDIVIDUAL. SHOULD TREAT YOUTH COURTEOUSLY UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, SHOULD BE COURTEOUS WHEN STOPPING CITIZENS. THEY SHOULD BE UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THEIR DISTRICT AND BE PROFESSIONAL, TRUE COMMUNITY SERVANTS. TALK WITH RESIDENTS AND MEETING REGULARLY WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS HELPS CITIZENS UNDERSTAND AND OFFICERS HAVE MORE POSITIVE IMAGE. VISITS & TOURS FBI BUILDING ALSO HELPS IMPROVE RELATIONS. TRAINING FBI AGENTS TO PORTRAY A POSITIVE IMAGE TOWARD THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Description:02:13:24 - 1960s POLICE PATROL CAR TRAVELS DOWN URBAN STREET. PASSING PARKED CARS. RED CONVERTIBLE VW BUG BEETLE 02:13:35 - POV IN BACK SEAT OF SQUAD CAR RECEIVING RADIO CALL OF BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. GULF GAS STATION 02:13:43 - POLICE CAR WITH SIREN ON SPEEDS THROUGH THE STREETS TO BURGLARY IN PROGRESS 02:13:52 - POLICE CAR ARRIVES AT THE SAME TIME BURGLAR IS LEAVING THE MARKET. 02:14:02 - LITTLE GIRL LEAVES HER APARTMENT BUILDING & GETS IN BETWEEN ARMED BURGLAR & POLICEMAN. BURGLAR SHOOTS, POLICEMAN GRABS GIRL AND GETS HER OUT OF HARMS WAY SHOOT OUT BETWEEN POLICEMAN AND BURGLAR IN BROAD DAYLIGHT 02:14:05 - BURGLAR IS SHOT, FALLS TO THE GROUND. POLICEMAN IS SHOT FALLS TO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF STUNNED LITTLE GIRL 02:14:13 - CU GUN IN HAND, HAND GOES LIMP 02:14:17 - CU "URBANTOWN" CITY LOGO ON WALL. PANS TO MAN TALKING ABOUT HEROIC POLICEMAN WHO DIED SAVING A LITTLE GIRL. PRESENTS FAMILY OF SLAIN POLICEMAN AN AWARD OF VALOUR. CU MEDAL. 02:14:47 - URBANTOWN NEWS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE WITH PHOTO "SLAIN CITY POLICEMAN GIVEN HIGHEST HONOR" 02:15:10 - AERIAL OVER "URBANTOWN USA" 02:15:31 - SNARLED TRAFFIC JAM, 1960s CARS. IMPATIENT DRIVERS HONKING THEIR HORNS 02:15:33 - RUN DOWN APARTMENT BUILDINGS. BAD HOUSING. URBAN PROBLEMS 02:15:35 - INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, BLACK SMOKE FROM SMOKE STACKS 02:15:37 - BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD "RACIAL GHETTO" 02:15:40 - PASSENGERS BOARD BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. WOMAN WEARS BIG WHITE BUG EYE SUNGLASSES. 1960s FASHIONS. 02:15:42 - GIRL JUMPING ROPE IN SCHOOL PLAYGROUND OF SHUT DOWN SCHOOL OBSOLETE SCHOOLS 02:15:45 - BLACK KIDS PLAY IN THE STREETS. GHETTO 02:15:48 - EXTERIOR POLICE STATION 02:15:52 - POLICE CHIEF WALKS DOWN LINE OF POLICE OFFICERS CHECKING THEIR APPEARANCE 02:16:08 - MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN PATROLS NEIGHBORHOOD, TRAFFIC CONTROL. SPOTS DRIVER RUNNING A STOP SIGN, PUTS SIREN ON, CHASES BLACK 1960s STATION WAGON THROUGH AN URBAN TOWN. STATION WAGON PULLS OVER, DRIVER LOOKS IMPATIENTLY AT HIS WRIST WATCH. 02:16:38 - POV LOOKING IN ROUND REAR VIEW MIRROR AT APPROACHING MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC COP 02:16:42 - PULLED OVER DRIVER THINKS ABOUT HOW HE CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT GETTING A TICKET. 02:16:56 - FILM NEGATIVE IMAGE OF A POLICEMAN WRITING A TICKET 02:17:01 - DRIVER WAITS WHILE POLICEMAN WRITES OUT A TICKET 02:17:05 - MAN HAVING BREAKFAST AND READING THE NEWSPAPER IN HIS KITCHEN. 1960s WALLPAPER. WIFE THROWS A PIECE OF BURNT TOAST ON HIS PLATE. TAKES A SIP OF COLD COFFEE. DAY STARTING OUT ON A BAD NOTE. WIFE'S VOICE HEARD NAGGING (IN A FAST SPEED) STYLIZED CHIPMUNKLIKE EFFECT. CLICHE OF NAGGING WIFE. LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH, REALIZES HE'S LATE FOR WORK, RACES OUT OF THE KITCHEN 02:17:39 - DRIVER LATE FOR WORK CAUGHT AT RAILROAD CROSSING GATE 02:17:48 - URBAN TRAFFIC JAM, SNARLED TRAFFIC HEAVY TRAFFIC 02:17:51 - BUSINESSMAN IN HIS CAR STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON A HOT DAY ZOOM IN ON ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE SIGN 92 DEGREES 02:18:02 - FILM NEGATIVE OF TRAFFIC POLICEMAN WRITING OUT A TICKET ASKS DRIVER FOR HIS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION. DRIVER (NOT IN FILM NEGATIVE) HANDS POLICEMAN LICENSE & REGISTRATION 02:18:26 - FILM NEGATIVE OF POLICEMAN TURNS TO POSITIVE, COP LECTURES DRIVER ON WHY THERE IS A STOP SIGN WHERE THE DRIVER BLEW THROUGH. 02:18:43 - POLICEMAN HANDS DRIVER BACK HIS LICENSE & REGISTRATION, STOPS ONCOMING TRAFFIC SO DRIVER CAN PULL BACK ONTO ROADWAY 02:18:58 - POLICEMAN WALKING THE BEAT THROUGH URBAN PARK. GROUP OF 1960s TEENS HANGING OUT IN THE PARK, TEENAGER PLAYS GUITAR BOY THINKING, 1960s SLANG "UH-OH HERE'S THE FUZZ, WHY ARE COPS SO SQUARE..?" 1960s BAREFOOTED HIPPIE TEENS 02:19:42 - FILM NEGATIVE OF POLICEMAN (ILLUSTRATES NEGATIVE IMAGE OF COPS) 02:19:47 - CU HIPPIE TEENS, BOY WEARS LOVE BEADS NECKLACE. ANTI ESTABLISHMENT 02:19:57 - 1950s FADS, GIRL AND HULA HOOP 1950s FASHION SHIRT WITH PETER PAN COLLAR AND 1950s SKIRT. 02:20:01 - TRIO OF TEENS FROM BEHIND TEEN WITH A MOHAWK 02:20:07 - 1950s FADS EATING GOLDFISH CU GOLDFISH IN BOWL CU BOY EATS A GOLDFISH 02:20:15 - 1940s FASHION MAN WEARS ZOOT SUIT GETS UP FROM PARK BENCH (INDOOR SET) 02:20:18 - 1960s HIPPIE TEENS SIT IN PARK IN FRONT OF "KEEP OFF THE GRASS" ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT BREAKING THE RULES 02:20:32 - FILM NEGATIVE OF POLICEMAN TELLING TEENS TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO SIT 02:20:40 - EXPLAINING WHY, FILM NEGATIVE TURNS TO POSITIVE 02:20:47 - HIPPIE KIDS COMPLY, GET UP & MOVE, POLICEMAN CONTINUES HIS BEAT 02:21:06 - POLICE SERGEANT AT DESK FILLING OUT PAPERWORK, ANSWERS PHONE CALL FROM WOMAN SITTING ON HER BED REPORTING STOLEN NECKLACE. OVER-DRAMATIC PORTRAYAL OF A WEALTHY 1960s WOMAN USES REMOTE TO TURN OFF TELEVISION. "SUPERSLEUTH" ON 1960s B&W TV SET. 02:21:53 - FILM NEGATIVE OF POLICEMAN TAKING CALL IN THE PRECIENT NEGATIVE IMAGE OF THE POLICE 02:22:01 - POLICE CHIEF HANDS PATROLMAN PAPERS, COP SALUTES HIS SUPERIOR 02:22:07 - URBAN PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE STREET 02:22:19 - FILM NEGATIVE OF POLICEMAN TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE TO CITIZEN REPORTING A THEFT. FILM TURNS POSITIVE 02:22:38 - WEALTHY WOMAN'S MAID ENTERS BEDROOM CARRYING PEARL NECKLACE APOLIGIZES TO POLICEMAN. 02:23:09 - 1960s POLICE PATROL CAR ON URBAN ROADWAY STREET PATROL BEEPS HORN AND WAVES AT POLICEMAN WALKING THE BEAT 02:23:23 - POV IN BACK SEAT OF PATROL CAR 02:23:31 - PATROL CAR TURNS ONTO GHETTO SIDE STREET. TRIO OF BLACK TEENS HANGING OUT OF FRONT STOOP WATCH. CU BLACK TEENAGERS WITH ANGRY LOOKS THINKING "HE BETTER NOT CALL ME BOY" EACH BOY HAS A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK OF POLICEMEN. 02:24:05 - FILM NEGATIVE OF PATROLMAN IN COP CAR USING POLICE RADIO 02:24:11 - 1960s BLACK TEENS HANGING OUT IN GHETTO NEIGHBORHOOD 02:24:24 - FILM NEGATIVE OF POLICEMAN IN PATROL CAR USING POLICE RADIO 02:24:40 - POLICEMAN GETS OUT OF HIS CAR, IMAGE TURNS POSITIVE AS HE WAVES AT BLACK TEENS HANGING OUT. THEY SMILE. THERE IMAGE OF POLICEMEN CHANGED. COMMUNITY RELATIONS AT THE STREET LEVEL 02:24:52 - POLICEMAN USES EMERGENCY CALL PHONE ON GHETTO STREET. BLACK TEENS HANG OUT ON FRONT STOOP 02:25:05 - MONTAGE 1960s POLICEMEN. COP TALKS TO RESIDENTS. MOTORCYCLE PATROL OFFICER. 02:25:22 - POLICE CHIEF HOLDING A PRESS CONFRENCE IN HIS OFFICE. WOMAN WITH BIG 1960s HAIR AND GLASSES TAKES NOTES. FEMALE REPORTER. 1960s CAREER GIRL. PUBLIC INFORMATION 02:26:35 - SCHOOL BUS PULLS UP IN FRONT OF FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON. 1960s CLEAN CUT BOYS IN SUITS GET OFF SCHOOL BUS & GREETED BY FBI AGENT 02:26:54 - 1960s STUDENTS TAKE A TOUR OF FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON TABLES FILLED WITH BOXES & BOXES OF FBI CARD CATALOGUE ENTRIES. FBI TOUR GUIDE LECTURES THE STUDENTS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. 1960s TEENS LISTEN. "A SINGLE FOOLISH ACT MAY FOLLOW YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE" 02:27:33 - TEENS RAISE THEIR HANDS TO VOLUNTEER TO HAVE THEIR FINGERPRINTS TAKEN. 02:27:42 - TEEN WEARING 1960s PLAID SUIT JACKET GETS FINGERPRINTED AT FBI HEADQUARTERS. TEENS SMILE AND WATCH 02:27:59 - EXTERIOR OF HOUSE AT NIGHT 02:28:06 - INSIDE, WOMAN SERVES COFFEE. POLICE CAPTAIN MEETS WITH COMMUNITY GROUP. BUSINESSMAN, LABOR LEADER, PROFESSIONAL MAN, CLERGYMAN, HEALTH & SOCIAL WORKERS, PARENT, TEACHER. TALK ABOUT NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY "REFUGEES OF CASTRO" COMING FROM A POLICE STATE & THEIR FEAR OF POLICEMEN. RABBI SIPS COFFEE & TALKS "BEFORE NEWCOMERS CAN COOPERATE THEY MUST COMMUNICATE" LEFT HANDED POLICE CAPTAIN TAKES NOTES. GRASS ROOTS COOPERATION BETWEEN POLICE AND COMMUNITY 02:29:53 - POLICEMAN GOING OFF TO WORK PICKS UP HIS SON AND HUGS HIM. 1960s HOUSEWIFE WITH TWO CHILDREN. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR MOWS HIS LAWN STOPS TO TALK TO POLICEMAN NEIGHBOR. COP GETS IN HIS CAR TO GO TO WORK 02:30:16 - POLICEMEN LEAVING PRECINCT GOING ON DUTY 02:30:26 - MOTORCYCLE POLICEMEN LEAVING PRECINCT GOING ON TRAFFIC DUTY 02:30:33 - CU POLICMAN CARRIES BILLY CLUB. 02:30:36 - CU POLICEMAN GETS INTO PATROL CAR, 1960s PATROL CAR LEAVES PRECINCT 02:30:42 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "YOUTH RECEIVES MEDAL FOR SAVING POLICEMAN'S LIFE" "THE URBANTOWN NEWS. WITH PHOTO. POLICE CHIEF PINS MEDAL ON BLACK TEEN 02:30:42 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-554