Exterior view suburban home at night with moon. A couple asleep in bed. A burglar outside the house. Burglar with gloved hands and flashlight filing a door opening to gain entry. Burglar flashlight illuminates silver set in living room. Burglar steals a silverware set. The woman in bed awakes, wakes up her husband to check the house, saying, "I think I hear something downstairs." Husband puts on shoes and leaves. Burglar hides behind curtain. Burglar attacks man from behind. Shoe stepping on glass and breaking it. Burglar running out of house. Footing stepping in soil as burglar leaves. Woman with shocked expression. Woman comforting and helping her husband lying on the floor. Policeman guarding living crime scene as detectives take pictures, write down notes and gather evidence at the scene of the crime. View of sketch of the crime scene and pencil writing out word, "Glass." Detective questions man recuperating in bed while woman places an ice bag on her husband’s neck. Camera zooms in on a white robe on chair.
Police detectives wearing white gloves gather evidence from a suburban living room crime scene. A police officer takes down notes. Close up of officer examines the bottom of a flashlight and inscribing his initials on back for record keeping. Detective packs flashlight in a plastic bag. FBI laboratory forensic technician standing before a table with a flashlight that has been dismantled for examination. Close up of battery that he has found fingerprints on. Close up of FBI laboratory technician as he explains, "fingerprints provide a positive means of personal identification and form an indisputable link in the chain of evidence." Close up of a fingerprint on photo held by technician.
Police officers remove a curtain as a piece of evidence at a crime scene. Detective writing initials on lining of curtain gathered as evidence. FBI forensic technician from the hairs and fiber division standing in front of a robe suspended in laboratory to prepare to gather fibers. He notes, "this bathrobe, worn by the victim, is first searched for obvious hairs or fibers adhering to it." FBI technician scrapes robe to dislodge fibers. demonstrates how hairs and fiber are extracted from a cloth using a bloodied bathrobe. Forensic investigator scrapes the garment to dislodge unwanted particles. Closeup finger pointing to blood stains on bathrobe. Police officer scrapes up dried blood from carpet in crime scene. Policeman places powdered dried blood in pill box with tight-fitting lid and marks with pen. View of pill boxes containing blood samples as evidence from crime scene. At FBI serology laboratory, a forensic investigator points to robe with blood stains and notes that, "while a blood grouping alone is not sufficient to identify a person, it does lend weight to an identification, and it may well be sufficient to eliminate a suspect."
Police investigator collects glass fragments on floor as evidence at a crime scene. Close up evidence carton lid labeled by investigator, "glass from door." A second investigator writes his initials in lid of carton cup. FBI forensic investigator using a microscope in laboratory. Forensic investigator explains how examining glass fragments can be compared to other evidence. Close up of glass fragments in petri dish. Forensic investigator using an emissions spectrograph. Close up igniting emissions spectrograph. FBI scientist operating a mass spectrograph. inside the FBI laboratory. FBI nuclear reactor water pool. Forensic investigator reading results from a neutron activation analysis. A forensic investigator discusses how laboratory findings can aid criminal cases and the importance of handling physical evidence before sending to the FBI laboratory. Judge seen in a court room as a police investigator on the stand testifies that the crime scene had been "properly protected by our uniformed men." Policeman standing guard by the door while policemen gather evidence at crime scene. Sketch of the crime scene. Detective taking photograph of glass fragments at crime scene. Footprint photographed. Investigator holds up a plaster cast at crime scene. Policeman collects glass fragments. Investigator carves his initials on metal striker plate of doorknob. Pill boxes with dried blood samples. Policemen packing crime scene evidence. Police investigator in court on witness stand notes that all evidence "was maintained in my custody." Lawyer in court saying "no further questions." Closing credit "presented by The Federal Bureau of Investigation."
FBI agent trainees listen to professor giving lecture at the FBI Academy. Blackboard reads “Jurisdiction of the FBI 1. Statutes 2. Executive Orders 3. Constitutional Provisions”. External view of the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington DC (950 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20535), original site of FBI headquarters. Sign reads “FBI Laboratory”. Sign reads, “Document Section 7613”. An FBI laboratory technician uses tweezers to reconstruct a piece of burned paper on a table. FBI Academy students observe FBI technician as he presses burned paper pieces between glass plates. FBI Laboratory technician mounting glass plate containing paper fragments on camera stand and taking photograph of it using a large format bellows still camera equipped with infrared film. View of upside document as seen through camera. Close up hands developing photograph that reveals message, "we will hit the bank at Middle Town."
Sign saying “Spectrography 7417”. A lab technician extracts paint chip samples from a sledgehammer. Lab technician examines paint chip samples under a microscope. Paint chips as seen through a microscope. A cartridge is inserted into an electron microscope. Lab technician demonstrates the electron microscope to two FBI trainees. Cartridge powder residue as seen via electron microscope. A gun forensic expert shoots revolver at a container filled with cotton batting and then retrieves bullet from the cotton. An FBI lab technician demonstrates his work to FBI trainees as he examines shoes from a crime scene.
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