A police detective visits an office. A woman leads the detective to a desk. Female employees are seen working at their desks. The detective sits and examines typewritten documents. The detective uses a typewriter to analyze an extortion note. Document examiner inspects typewritten samples at the document section of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) laboratory. The examiner checks the typewriter standards file to confirm the make, model, and style of type for the notes. The examiner analyzes and compares samples. Typewriters on shelf behind the examiner. The examiner uses a magnifying glass to compare notes. He writes another note to analyze the sample. The examiner reads from a note. Sign reads “Court Appearances for Expert Testimony” above a map of the United States. The FBI document examiner marking characteristics of a handwriting to be used as court evidence.
Early historic moving images show crowds gathered to watch the arrival of a Southern Pacific Railroad Co. Sunset Limited train in Southern United States. They wave as the railroad train moves past them. Another train passes in the opposite direction.
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. train comes out of a tunnel in Southern California. An engine and a header, nineteen freight cars, a caboose, and a pusher engine creep slowly round the curve and up the steep grade. Fine smoke rises from the railroad train.
Young men playing ice hockey on frozen lake in the United States. The players swing their hockey sticks as they try to hit the puck toward the goal.
The "Buccaneer" dispatch boat of the New York Journal steaming through the water, having aboard war correspondents assigned to cover the Spanish-American war. The dispatch boat sails rapidly in the water.
Cuban refugees or “Reconcentrados” escaping the regime of Spanish Governor General Valeriano Weyler in Cuba. Black and Hispanic Cuban refugees stand in line and hold tin dishes and cups as they wait. A group of officers from the nearby camp and several women are seen at one side.
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