U.S. Marine Corps following Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Chaplains conduct funeral services aboard a ship. Dead of the United States 2nd Marine Division, covered with United States flag, are buried at sea. Marines fire guns and pay honor to the dead. They salute. Marines cut away clothing and search Japanese prisoners on the Tarawa beach. Prisoners carry their wounded comrade. U.S. marines drink and fill water from containers of captured Japanese water supplies..
Activities of the United States secret service agents in Washington D.C., United States. Secret service agent shoots at the target board. The board approaches him and he looks at his aim points. Instructors also watch his aim points. View of the Treasury building. Agent walks inside the building. He meets with the instructor in the exhibit room. Instructor shows him the work of the treasury enforcement agency. He shows him the work of bureau of narcotics and bureau of tax and trade. Treasury department also enforce National Fire Arms Registration Act. Customs bureau officer inspects the belongings of a woman. Coast guardsmen work with customs and narcotics bureau and keep a check on smugglers.
Activities of United States Secret Service Agents in Washington D.C. An armored railway car is provided to the President of the United States for protection when he travels by train. The secret service agents talk with the railroad associations about the protection of train during the tour. The advance heads supervise the train. Presidential train is provided with a communications car operated by the U.S. Army signal Corps. They keep a record about the tour using the short wave radio and telephone.
Activities of the United States secret service agents in Washington D.C., United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower rides in an open cadillac convertible car,in a motorcade through streets, as Secret Service agents walk alongside. Important part of protection is classification and analysis of the threatening letters sent to the President. Letters are processed in the units of secret service known as the Protective research section. At the hand writing classification section, writers posing potential danger to president are identified. New letters are compared with previously received files and investigated.
Activities of the United States secret service agents in Washington D.C., United States. Secret service agent and chief seated in an office. U.E. Baughman, Chief of the Secret Service, hands credentials to a new agent The Chief reminds the agent about the primary job of presidential protection. He briefs about the crime against people. The agent walks down the stairs of the Treasury building.
United States secret service booklet in Washington D.C., United States. 32 page booklet named 'Know Your Money'. This booklet tells about how to detect the forged currency notes and avoid forgery losses. One can get it from The superintendent of documents,Government Printing Office,Washington 25,DC.
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