Mechanized smoke screen surrounds the harbor of Palermo, Italy during World War 2. Thick smoke screen, provided by the 69th and 78th Chemical Smoke Generator Companies of the United States Army, covers the view of Palermo old town, the Gulf of Mondello, and the nearby Palermo mountain range.
British and United States soldiers clear up rubble in ruins of Messina after the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Commandos of the British Army cook with military stove and drink with mugs on a devastated street in Messina. A military vehicle drives through ruined part of Messina (probably 157th Infantry, 45th Division ). View of a partly sunken ship by the waterfront. General George S. Patton and General Lucian K. Truscott arrive in Messina’s waterfront. Generals George S. Patton and Lucian K. Truscott speak with British officer at city hall after surrender at present day Piazza Unita d'Italia (building seen behind them is Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 134, 98121 Messina)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy trainees taking the Oath of Enlistment inside classroom. Tabletop laden with revolvers, FBI badges and briefcases for new FBI agents. Close up of FBI badge. FBI academy student shakes hands with instructor as he receives his badge and revolver. Close up revolver handed to agent. “Bus departs or Quantico at 12 noon”, words written on blackboard. FBI Academy student trainees inside a bus. Bus passing Iwo Jima statue at Quantico Marine Corps Base entrance. View of FBI Academy building in Quantico, VA (Range Rd, Quantico, VA 22135). Sign reads “FBI Academy”. Student trainees with suitcases get off the bus, enter the FBI Academy. FBI Academy student trainees in suit and tie walk hallway of academy to find their dormitory rooms. FBI agent student removes his belongings, arranges clothes from his suitcase. Close view of a photograph of a woman with two daughters. Student writes his name on his FBI Handbook. Professor lectures in class. Blackboard words written “Jurisdiction of the FBI 1. Statutes 2. Executive Orders 3. Constitutional Provisions”. Male FBI Academy students listen and write notes during lecture. Robbers make a getaway after a bank robbery. Kidnapper lures and captures a toddler into his car from a suburban street. A person mails a letter in a U.S. Mail mailbox. Close up view of a running wind up 16mm motion picture film camera. Nazi German spy Frederick “Fritz” Joubert Duquesne pulling out stolen documents from his sock and passing them to an undercover agent in 1941.
FBI Academy student trainees in Combat Village, an assembly of buildings used for practice by the United States Marines at Quantico. FBI instructor wearing an "umpire" helmet speaks to trainees gathered around table with guns, megaphones, and other equipment. Instructor picks up hand set of military field radio while instructing. FBI Academy students pick up rifles, megaphone, and tools from the table. Close up of FBI Instructor with helmet written “UMPIRE”. Simulating an arrest of a prisoner hiding out, an FBI Academy student demands surrender using a megaphone, saying "this is the FBI...the house is surrounded." Man backs out of doorway with hands up. Man leans against wall, with legs spread. FBI Academy students frisk prisoner and find a hand gun. FBI agents enter the house to search. Prisoner is led away in hand cuffs. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director J. Edgar Hoover speaks from his office, saying, "each of the special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation must be ready and capable to meet any challenge." FBI Academy student leaves his empty dormitory room. FBI Academy students board a bus. Sign nearby reads “FBI Academy”. Bus departs the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia (FBI Academy Building 8-102 Quantico, VA 22135). Men and women exit from the front of the FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C. at the Department of Justice building (950 Pennsylvania Ave NW) in Washington, D.C. “We daily pledge our fidelity, bravery and integrity.”, says J. Edgar Hoover as he ends his speech.
Official seal of fictional "UrbanTown" in the United States. In dramatization, an official presents an award for valor to the widow of a police officer with two children. An award "For Merit" in woman’s hand. Dramatized newspaper headline reads, “Slain City Policeman Given Highest Honor”. Aerial view of an American city. 1960s cars honking in traffic jam. Street scenes in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods include old apartment building, smoke and pollution coming from factory chimney. African American pedestrians walking in Washington, D.C. Passengers waiting to board a crowded bus in Washington, D.C. Children playing jump rope in front of a school. African American children play ball in a street in Washington, D.C. A man walks in front of an old police building in Washington, D.C. A police chief reviews policemen standing in formation. Narrator indicates that police officers are often blamed by residents who are frustrated by circumstances of urban living. One of the police officers is an African American man. The other 15 are white men.
Allied ships and aircraft prepare land in Normandy during D-Day in World War 2. Formation of Allied gliders are towed towards the coast of Normandy. Douglas C-47 pulling a glider. Allied warships sailing in rough, choppy waters off the coast of Normandy. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator drops six bombs. Various United States Army aircraft fly with distinctive “D-Day markings” (three white stripes and two black on the wings and fuselages). Bombs explosion. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauders. A ship fires rockets while being covered by smoke. B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. British infantrymen, wearing Pith helmets, on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) sailing towards Normandy. An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) ship sailing. Allied aircraft flying over the English Channel.
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