Defense tactics used by FBI agents in the United States. Training film begins with an opening remark written by J. Edgar Hoover, the Director of the FBI. Opening scenes are dramatized: An FBI agent inspects wagons and tracks at an abandoned train depot. Men attempt to attack the FBI agent. The agent subdues the assailants by himself. Training footage reviews parts of the body that can be used effectively for offense and defense. A hand breaks a board with a karate chop (Knifehand strike) and push a balloon. An elbow strikes a concrete wall. A man’s foot kicks a wooden board. A knee strikes a leather cushion. A shirtless man wearing shorts poses as a hand draws vulnerable spots all over the body with a red lipstick and narrator describes the vulnerabilities.
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.
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.
U.S. Army infantry soldiers sit in front of a campfire at an infantry camp in the United States. Tents are seen behind the men. The men are talking and resting in front of the campfire. A man throws firewood into the campfire. A man herds a pack of trained bears. Children riding upon the back of the bears amuse soldiers and Red Cross nurses in the camp.
Trained bears perform tricks at a U.S. Army infantry camp in the United States. Two bears in costume sit on chairs. The bears stand on their hind legs. Trainers with sticks coax and lead the bears to march on their hind legs. They pull the bears with ropes tied to their necks. The bears fight in front of the men. The bears are given broomsticks by their trainers.
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