The working and techniques of the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington DC. 'Identification Division Federal Bureau of Investigation' written on a cabin inside a building. Children in the cabin. A man recording the fingerprints of young children for their identification. View of destroyed houses and buildings due to a tornado. A young girl walking through ruins of a tornado-destroyed area. Brief view of flood waters passing homes. View of hundreds of panicked citizens in a city running in the streets and fleeing some unknown weather event or natural disaster. 1930s cars are in the streets also driving away from the disaster. Narrator discusses uses of fingerprints for identifying missing people and deaths following disasters.
The working and techniques of the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington DC. Criminal records are checked by the agents. Fingerprint records are placed on a table. Men look at files and identify the fingerprints. They match the fingerprints with the help of a machine to identify the criminals. Photographs of both male and female criminals on the files. Men work and investigate the fingerprints. The Nicknames File cabinet is shown, Cards showing criminal nicknames are seen. Nicknames include 'Kitty Horse' aka George Sodero, 'Log Eared Bill' aka William Tunis, 'Machine Gun Boots' aka Rodman J. Manley, 'Six Shooter Madge' aka Madge Hill, and 'Sweet Mama Cat' aka Mary Tulman. View inside the "Notorious Dead Criminals" file cabinet includes the names Mrs. Roy Thorton aka 'Bonnie Parker' , Vernon C. Miller, George Nelson aka 'Baby Face' , Kate Barker aka 'Ma Barker' , Fred Barker, Marvis Barrow, Clyde C. Barrow, Charles A. Floyd aka 'Pretty Boy' , Homer Van Meter, John Hamiliton, and John Dillinger. A photo of John Dillinger is pulled from his file and shown to the camera.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents undergo their training in Washington. The agents fire rifles at target boards. A shelled target board.
The Presidential oath taking of Warren Gamaliel Harding in United States Capitol, Washington DC. President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson with the prospective President Warren Gamaliel Harding on their way to the United States Capitol for the swearing in ceremony. Warren Gamaliel Harding takes oath as the President. People gathered at the oath taking ceremony. The exteriors of the house of Thomas Woodrow Wilson after his retirement as the President.
Americans pay last homage to the President of the United States Warren Gamaliel Harding in Washington DC. U.S. President Warren Gamaliel Harding's casket on a horse drawn carriage followed by marching officers passes by the front of the White House. The former President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson with wife Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in a horse drawn carriage. People stand on road side as President Harding's casket passes. Jeeps parked on the road side.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives William Brockman Bankhead in Washington DC. William Brockman Bankhead stands in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol. Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Sam Rayburn introduces William Brockman Bankhead to the members of the U.S. House of Representatives . William Brockman Bankhead addresses the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and takes oath. Representatives seated at desk. The oath continues. Officials talk while sitting.