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Newspaper headlines of FBI agents arresting criminals in the United States.

An introduction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington DC. Aircraft in flight. Dramatization of mid-air explosion of aircraft by a criminal intending to collect on insurance. Newspaper headlines read 'Youth Confesses United bombings', 'Graham gets Death' regarding the case of John Gilbert Graham in 1951 who was convicted of crime in blowing up an aircraft in an attempt to collect insurance. Still photo depicts a hijacker of an aircraft or a "skyjacker" attempting to take over an aircraft with pilot in cockpit. Still photos depict work of FBI on various civil rights cases. Newspaper headlines read 'FBI presses hunt for King suspects', 'FBI arrests Georgians in Shotgun Slaying'. The first Director of FBI John Edgar Hoover speaks into a microphone during the Freedom Foundation Award ceremony in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Dramatized scenes of crimes involving the FBI: A house explodes. A reenactment shows a sniper on a rooftop shooting at police officers as they approach a house.

Date: 1977
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064796
The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, United States.

Monuments in Washington DC, United States. Several ducks swimming in the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) with the Washington Monument behind, and Capitol visible in distance. A street lighted in the night. View of the Potomac River, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol, in single view, early morning. A street in downtown Washington DC. Cars moving on a road and buildings on either side of the road. The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States) seen in the background. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in view. Equestrian statue at George Washington, at Washington Circle in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Capitol viewed at dawn, along an empty Pennsylvania Avenue. The Washington Monument, seen from space between buildings. Equestrian statue of Civil War hero, Major General John A. Logan (Washington, DC 20005, United States), at Logan Circle, Rhode Island Avenue and 13th St. NW. The U.S. Capitol dome. View from Memorial Bridge, of Lincoln Memorial and Washington monument (in distance).

Date: 1972
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066408
President Truman talks meeting any danger with courage during an address to the nation in Washington D.C.

United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from the White House in Washington D.C., United States. President Truman addresses the nation over national radio from the White House. President says that industrial and defense production must be increased. People gathered in a large number as the American flag is hoisted. People seated in front of an The Hollywood Bowl amphitheater (Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068, United States). American soldiers advance and tanks roll in Korea. Flags of Allied nations. President Truman says that our goal is peace. United Nations Security Council. Representative of United States at the meeting. President Truman says that appeasement of evil is not the road to peace. President says that USA will meet any danger with courage and determination.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059945
The U.S. Supreme Court Building at First and East Capitol Streets in Washington DC. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC

U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. Its address is One First Street, and it is bounded by East Capitol Street, Second Street, and Maryland Avenue. Seen are the 16 marble columns at the front entrance. Above them are an elaborately carved pediment., and below it, the architrave inscribed with the words: "Equal Justice Under Law." Two statues, by sculptor James Earle Fraser, flank the main steps. One is a female figure called "Contemplation of Justice." The other is a male figure: "Guardian of Law." An American flag flies from tall flag pole in front of the Supreme Court Building. The end of the clip shows the National Archives Building in Washington DC

Date: 1951
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044861
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Bradley and other officials visit U.S. State Department in Washington DC.

U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., United States. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley talks to other officers. U.S. Secretary of Defense talks to an officer. A French General comes out of a building as he smiles. The French General and a British official arrives at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059929
Employees sort mail in FBI mail room. FBI switchboard and teletype rooms, officers review documents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Washington, DC

View of the U.S. Department of Justice (950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530, United States) and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Front entrance of the U.S. Department of Justice. Sign reads "Federal Bureau of Investigation." A truck enters the U.S. Department of Justice. Employees unload bags of letters from FBI Field Offices across the United States in the FBI mail room. FBI employees sort out new mail and documents from FBI Field Offices sent to the headquarters. A male employee puts mail in individual post boxes. Male FBI employee pulls out a package. Women FBI employees work with telephone switchboard. Female FBI employees in the FBI teletype department. FBI officials at a meeting in an office. FBI official hands out document to messenger. FBI official sits at large desk and discusses documents in meeting with other officers. Documents and letters on desk being reviewed. Narrator comments on the work of the FBI being assisted by the American public, "in complying with the President's request to report to the FBI knowledge of subversive activities, the loyal and alert citizen may help to protect the innocent, as well as to reveal the guilty."

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078863