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United States Army officers seated, drink and smoke at bar in Carlton Hotel, Washington DC, United States.
The Carlton Hotel (The St. Regis Washington, D.C., 923 16th St NW Washington, DC 20036, USA) in Washington DC. 'Carlton Hotel' written at the entrance. U.S. Army officers in uniform seated in Carlton Bar. Men and women drink and smoke in the bar. They converse with each other seated around tables.
Women examine and sort Personal Identification and National Defense Program application cards at the FBI Headquarters.
The Fingerprint Recording Section at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC, during World War 2. Women fill and examine fingerprint cards. A sign reads 'Time is Short'. A man walks in and searches for cards. A woman examining Personal Identification cards with finger print. She thumbs through the cards. Stacks of cards on tables. Fingerprints on cards. Four women examine, sort and pile National Defense Program application cards. Women wear finger covers. A man places stacks of cards on a table. Two women examine cards on a table.
Workers print 'Wanted' posters for German saboteurs on multilith machines at the FBI Headquarters in Washington DC.
Printing Department at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC. Men work on multilith machines (duplicating machines). Paper stacks in the background. Multilith copy machines showing posters of wanted men with their pictures and finger prints. Wanted posters for World War 2 suspected German saboteurs and spies operating in the United States, including Walter Kappe, Joseph Schmidt, and Reinhold Rudolf Barth. All there suspects were, at the time, reportedly associated with the eight would-be Nazi saboteurs captured earlier in the summer in the Operation Pastorius case.
Two cryptographers use grids to decode a letter at the FBI Headquarters in Washington DC, during World War II.
Recording messages at the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington DC during World War 2. Two cryptographers seated at a desk in the laboratory. Stacks of books in the background. An alphabet roll on the desk. One cryptographer uses grids to decode a letter. The other records the decoded message. The first cryptographer holds up the grid. The coded letter. He places the grid onto the letter.
Man and women clerks attend to visitors at the Government Information Office in Washington DC (WW2)
Temporary Government Building housing the Government Information Office in Washington DC during World War II. Exterior of the building. U.S. Information sign. Businessmen and women enter and exit the building. Traffic outside. 'War Savings Bonds Stamps' sign above a counter. A woman clerk attends to people over the counter. Bureau of Information Director Lowell Mellett and Assistant Director Phil Haublett in the building. Clerks talk to visitors over a counter. A clerk talks to a couple. Sign reads 'Services for men of the Armed Forces, war workers, visitors and DC residents'. A male clerk sells Government Publications over a counter. Men pay and buy the publications. Government publications on display titled 'Trade and Professional Associations of the US' and 'Work Will Win - The Story of Manpower'.
Office of War Information Director Elmer Davis and Deputy Director NS Eisenhower in Washington DC (WW2)
The Social Security Building in Washington DC during World War II. The Office of War Information inside the building. Office of War Information Director Elmer Davis and Deputy Director NS Eisenhower seated at a table during a discussion. Davis smokes a cigarette. A sign reads 'Mr Davis, Mr Eisenhower'. Entrance to the Social Security Building. A Diamond cab passes by. Man enters the building. Guards at the entrance.