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FBI agent William Sebold (posing as Harry Sawyer), and successful filming of members of Duquesne spy ring in the United States.

Aerial view of Christ Redeemer Statue on Mount Corcovado, Brazil. The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), John Edgar Hoover, narrates this 1944 clip and talks about enemy agents in the United States during World War II, before America's entrance into the war. German and Japanese suspects seen in South America. A German fleet carries German agents aboard merchant and cargo ships. German agents in formation on deck of ship, shown debarking the ship after receiving instructions. Japanese and Nazi German colonies being established in South America in large cities and in remote areas of Patagonia. Automobile industries, hotels, shops, and other industries established by Nazi German agents. German signs and Nazi Swastikas and Nazi flags shown on some buildings in South American countries including Brazil. A Nazi flag. A view of German factories in South America. Photographs of Adolf Hitler in a school building where young boys and girls are being instructed by their teacher. German pilot shown operating a passenger airliner; aerial view of from aircraft of Rio de Janeiro Brazil, including port and city areas. A dramatization depicts well planned accidents in the factories and sabotage attempts to slow production of goods bound for the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) receives reports about planning of German attack on the Panama Canal. A woman watching a teletype machine as a report arrives. A man in a radio room of the Federal Bureau of Investigation receives information and turns to type out a report on his typewriter. Men and women convicted as spies are seen together in a room with U.S. federal agents. The spies are taken in a police van. Man serving as projectionist seen running a film projector. A film of Fritz Duquesne case in the FBI office shows FBI Agents' successful secret filming of members of the Duquesne spy ring. The film is shown being loaded onto a projector and then played. FBI agent William Sebold (posing as spy Harry Sawyer) is seen with Fritz Duquesne and other spy ring members: Pedestrians and vehicular traffic on a New York street corner as Sawyer and Duquesne prepare to meet. German spies sit together in a hotel room in New York City, recorded by hidden camera. Heinrich Clausing, a spy ring member and former cook on the cruise ship SS Argentine is seen. Also seen is Hartwig Richard Kleiss putting on his hat and smoking a cigar. He's shown giving money to Sawyer for purchase of a spy camera, according to narration. J Edgar Hoover notes that German agents communicated through a Long Island radio station that was secretly controlled by the FBI. Hartwig Kleiss is seen showing the blueprint plans of the steamship SS America, including plans for its secret gun emplacements. Fritz Duquesne is shown in the film, removing diagrams of various American arms that he had concealed in his sock Japanese agent Takeo Ezima, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is also seen meeting in the hotel with Harry Sawyer.

Date: 1941
Duration: 6 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054487
Post-World War 2 Soviet propaganda film (1948) depicting the rule of law at work in the USSR and ostensible mistreatment of people in America.

Opening slate in Korean, accompanied by narration. Scene transitions to open pages of books written in cyrillic text, entitled "Constitution Basic Law Soviet Union." Camera pans to various sections of the Law Book. A man, seeming to be the senior judge, sits at a table flanked by a bemedaled woman and another man. Another woman sits at the end of the table. The senior judge is speaking as the camera backs away to reveal a room filled with people seated at the proceedings. Camera pans to cyrillic sign on a door, reading "People's Court, or People's Judgment." Next, a woman approaches the Judge (in his office, or chambers) and presents some documents that she discusses with him. Scene changes showing a poster of a woman holding a petition. Writing on the poster reads,"People's Court." Scene shifts to another courtroom where a man stands at a podium on a stage shared with a panel of people. A mural in the background depicts Joseph Stalin. Closeup of the speaker reveals he is the same judge seen in earlier scenes. As he speaks, the camera pans the serious looking audience that applauds when he finishes speaking. Next, a city street scene shows a tram moving. Then a woman is seen working at a desk inside a modern apartment. She is seen, next, speaking before a group comprising a cross-section of people, including a Soviet military officer. The woman lecturer holds a magazine depicting drawings of people being mistreated in America.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675032362
Scenes of cotton farming, loading bales onto a river boat, and steamboat underway. Also scenic views of several rivers in America

African American workers picking cotton on a cotton farm in the American south, circa 1930. An African American young girl sits on the back of a cotton bag as it is pulled through the field by a worker. Workers loading cotton bales onto river steamboat. Steam whistle on steamship blows. Paddle wheel of stern wheeler river boat turning. The boat navigating the river in southern United States and view of wake at stern. Views of several different American rivers in various surroundings. Background audio is a choir singing songs "Deep River" and then "Shenandoah."

Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052586
Japanese radio facilities in Tokyo Japan; live studio orchestra playing and broadcasting to South America before World War II.

Radio facilities and broadcasts in Japan before World War 2. Japanese radio facilities in Tokyo. Broadcasting to South America. Radio towers and radio facilities in Tokyo, Japan. Building of Radio Broadcast Center. A Japanese radio announcer speaking in Spanish. Flag of Japan on the building. Interior of the building. A Japanese conductor walks to podium and prepares to conduct orchestra. Musical instruments or in-studio orchestra play. Animated map of Latin America and South America. Sign on the animated map. Animated map describes radio broadcast in Mexico and South America. Animated map of Japan shows Tokyo.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675024932
U.S. president Truman greets heads of state, signs Marshall Plan, and speaks at 1948 Democratic campaign convention.

A car arrives at the White House in Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman greets President of Mexico, Miguel Aleman, during state visit of Mexican President to Washington DC on April 29, 1947. Next scene shows President Truman being presented a Jewish Torah by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of the newly declared State of Israel. Exterior view of south side of White House. Truman with Secretary of State, George Marshall, by the fireplace inside the White House. They discuss world affairs looking at a globe. An animated map shows the increasing Soviet Communist influence in Europe. April 3, 1948, President Truman signs the European Recovery Program (ERP), better know as the Marshall Plan, as members of Congressional leadership look on. Sacks of grain being off loaded at a dock in Italy, as part of Marshall Plan aid. Scene shifts to October 6, 1948 with crowd gathered outside the Democratic Convention at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Convention delegates applaud during President Truman's address. Officials on stage. Truman talks about his sincere desire to promote peace throughout the world. Pictures of Franklin Roosevelt and Alben Barkley on stage. Exterior view of north side of the White House. Truman seated at a table.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031323
Park Hyun Young gives speech on the maltreatment of the South Koreans by USA.

Park Hyun Young gives speech on the maltreatment of the South Koreans by USA in an assemblage. South Korean flags on the wall behind the podium.The attendees listen to the speech attentively.An animated map shows American section of Korea. Starving men,women and children in the American section of korea.Scenes of South Korean protesting and damaged Korean factories.Approximately 1948.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Korean
Clip: 65675028816