U.S. Army Military Police training at Fort Gordon in Georgia, United States. Views of Military Police (MP) saluting. Trainees standing at attention. MPs boarding a large helicopter. MPs in calisthenics, practicing judo, and at the firing range. Front Gate of the base. A car passes along the road. An MP salutes.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police at Fort Gordon in Georgia, United States. U.S. Army Provost Marshal General, Major General Ralph J. Butchers, speaking on 21st Anniversary of the Military Police Corps. General Butchers served in the 2nd Armored Division, during World War 2, and wears its "Hell on Wheels" patch on his right shoulder.
A novel method to pay fines in food to aid the needy (during the Great Depression). inaugurated by the Mayor of Marion, Indiana, Jack Edwards. A policeman of Marion stops a motorist who has broken a law and talks to him. The police officer checks documents. A court building. The interiors of the building shows the Court in session. A lawyer questions the motor vehicle law breaker. The man is told to pay a fine in quantities of staple groceries, vegetables and meat, equivalent to dollars. The man presents the goods and brings in a live chicken as part of it, which he puts on a table in the court room. An official acknowledges his payment, encourages him to be safe, and tells him he is free to go.
The entire Police Department of Buffalo New York, marching in parade on city street. They fill the street, marching 16 men abreast, accompanied by the police marching band. (Filmed by Edison Company, June 10, 1897)
Police disperse Bonus Army demonstrators in Washington DC. Police officer climbs ladder and drags World War 1 veterans from old abandoned building planned for demolition. U.S. flag on the building. Lacking ability to control the situation, District of Columbia authorities appeal to President Herbert Hoover who orders the U.S. Army to restore order. U.S. Army cavalry are seen entering the area followed by several M1917 tanks.
A revolt in Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. People in the vicinity of a building decorated with a poster of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Signs in English, Russian and German: "You Are Now Leaving American Sector." A hole in a glass window. Demonstrators carry a section of a railing. People running in streets and standing atop buildings. Crowds in front of the Brandenburg Gate. A man hauls down the Soviet flag from the gate. A man throws uniforms out of a window. A man holds a Russian military raincoat. A man holds cutouts of German and Soviet flags. Others grab it out of his hand. An information booth on fire. Crowds in a street. A policeman leading suspects through a crowd. Several men follow and strike a suspect. Two policemen lead another man through the crowd. Others follow and pummel the victim. A giant crowd. A fire blazing up in the background.
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