The working and techniques of the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington DC. Criminal records are checked by the agents. Fingerprint records are placed on a table. Men look at files and identify the fingerprints. They match the fingerprints with the help of a machine to identify the criminals. Photographs of both male and female criminals on the files. Men work and investigate the fingerprints. The Nicknames File cabinet is shown, Cards showing criminal nicknames are seen. Nicknames include 'Kitty Horse' aka George Sodero, 'Log Eared Bill' aka William Tunis, 'Machine Gun Boots' aka Rodman J. Manley, 'Six Shooter Madge' aka Madge Hill, and 'Sweet Mama Cat' aka Mary Tulman. View inside the "Notorious Dead Criminals" file cabinet includes the names Mrs. Roy Thorton aka 'Bonnie Parker' , Vernon C. Miller, George Nelson aka 'Baby Face' , Kate Barker aka 'Ma Barker' , Fred Barker, Marvis Barrow, Clyde C. Barrow, Charles A. Floyd aka 'Pretty Boy' , Homer Van Meter, John Hamiliton, and John Dillinger. A photo of John Dillinger is pulled from his file and shown to the camera.
World War II German submarine U-564, commanded by Rehinhard Suhren, is seen partially submerged in order to accept reload of torpedoes at sea from another submarine in the South Atlantic ocean. Crew of U-564 seen keeping torpedo afloat with life vests and swimming it into position on deck before submarine surfaces to contain it. View of black cat symbol on U-564. Torpedo being loaded into position. German crew seen below decks relaxing, and then responding to battle stations alarm.
Damage caused due to flood in Ohio Valley , United States. Newspaper headlines read: '80000 desert homes as Midwest streams rage to higher levels'. People engaged in the rescue and relief work. Men aboard small boats as they carry on rescue work in the steets of downtown Louisville Kentucky. Buildings along the flooded area. Flooded buildings in Evansville Indiana and Paducah Kentucky. Flooded farms and fields washed away. Marooned livestock atop a levy. A dog atop a car. A cat perched in a 2nd story window just atop flood waters. Aerial views of the flooded Ohio Valley heading toward the Mississippi River. View of the blasting of the so called "fuse plug" in the levy below Cairo Illinois (on the Missouri Side at the junction of the Ohio River and Mississippi River) to prevent the flood waters from destroying Cairo. An army of workmen building extensions on top of the levees near Cairo Illinois to protect it from the flood. Water lapping at the wall built by the workers.
Scenes from film documenting the Battle of Midway. Two U.S. Navy U.S. Navy SBD-3 Dauntless aircraft land on an aircraft carrier, followed by an F4F-4 Wild Cat and two more SBD-3s. Deck crews attend to the aircraft after they are completely arrested. (World War II period).
Lack of urban playground facilities for children in the United States. Boys slide on skateboard made out of waste materials. Boy climbs a raised wooden platform. Group of girls play hopscotch on the street. Boy holds a kitten in hand. Older African American boys walk on pipes. Location appears to be New York City.
After Lenin makes peace with Germany, civil war breaks out in Russia. White Russian troops are seen fighting against Bolshevik troops in the snow. American soldiers, supporting the White Russians, are seen in Archangel (Arkhangelsk). Cossacks on horseback carry the Tsarist flag. The Romanovs, Tsar Nicholas II and his family are photographed outdoors seated on a wooden bench by barricade fence at Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg. Bolsheviks arresting other revolutionaries who were opposed to them, and executing them by firing squad. Vladimir Lenin with cat in his lap. View of Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan (AKA "Dora") who attempted to assassinate Lenin on August 30, 1918. View of Lenin speaking to Soviet workers. Newspaper of September 1, 1918 reports on the assassination attempt, with dateline London, August 31st: "Lenin wounded twice by assassin. Attempt on Red Premier's life at Moscow. Commissary Uritzky murdered at Petrograd." Crowd in turmoil in Moscow. Newspaper reports capture of would-be assassin, noting that "official Bolshevist paper says, "She is girl of intellectual class." Narrator states that some 500 anti-Bolsheviks are executed in Moscow.
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