FBI Academy student trainees enter the Identification Division building for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Plaque on building reads “Identification Division”. Female employee stamps a fingerprint card and staples receipt to it as FBI Academy trainees watch. FBI employees manually match incoming finger print cards again fingerprints from wanted files. An employee using a loupe magnifier to examine fingerprint. View of a fingerprint through loupe magnifying glass. Close up of fingerprint. Narrator notes that "no machine has yet been devised to classify fingerprints." Tour of fingerprint library as employees sort fingerprint files. FBI trainees pull out fingerprint cards from file cabinet and examine them. FBI Academy agents submit fingerprint cards to an operator running one of many large duplicating machines. Documents exiting duplicating machine handed to secretary. Female employee inserts documents into an envelope, places envelope in neatly arranged sets of envelopes to be mailed later. FBI agents walk through secretary pool at FBI Identification Division.
Dramatization. A police chief gives a press conference while seated at his desk. Reporters write notes during press conference. Police Chief asks, "are there any questions?" A female reporter, wearing cat-eye glasses, raises her hand.
Dramatization. Community leaders meet with a police chief. A police chief asks for advice regarding new Cuban immigrants not approaching police with problems. A Jewish rabbi raises his teacup to answer after glancing at the concentration camp serial number tattoo on his wrist. As a Holocaust survivor, he suggests, are there “any Spanish-speaking policemen in your precinct?”. Police chief answers the rabbi and takes notes. Policeman hugs his son before leaving for work. Wife and two children say goodbye to him as he gets into his car in a suburban neighborhood. Policeman greets his neighbor mowing the grass lawn next door. Policeman enters his car to drive away. Metropolitan police walking in front of precinct building on L Street NW Washington D.C. near the intersection of L and Pennsylvania. Several police on motor scooters or mopeds drive out of precinct parking lot. Newspaper shows local news such as “Youth receives Medal for saving Policeman’s life”. Close up of police belt with walkie talkie and wooden baton. Metropolitan police officers getting into police car and driving away. Dramatized newspaper headline reporting saving of policeman's life by African American youth.
A teenage boy smoking in a parking lot, accompanied by a girlfriend. The young man opens car door and steals a bag before walking away with the young woman. View of punch time clock in guard shack. A line chart showing the number of “Petty Larceny” cases committed each day of the week. Line chart showing the number of “Auto Theft” cases committed for each month, peaking in November. A line chart, with an analog clock beside it, illustrating the number of burglary cases committed for every hour of a day. A line chart, with an analog clock beside it, illustrating the number of “Preventable Crime” cases committed for every hour of a day.
A rescue crew explores a mine. Rescue team with Oxygen Breathing Apparatus use elevator to enter the mine. Rescue team explore mine tunnel to search for trapped workers. Rescue team tests a lamp for presence of methane gas. Flame rises inside lamp due to methane gas in mine. Flame goes out in lamp due to lack of oxygen.
Canary in a coal mine and carbon monoxide detector use for rescue operations inside mines. Rescue team uses a carbon monoxide detector and a caged canary bird to detect presence of carbon monoxide. Canary bird in cage expires due to high carbon monoxide.
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