Special Agent recruits of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at a firing range in the United States. Two cars with a police siren in a field. Agents fire machine guns at targets from moving cars. Hit targets.
Two officials talk to a French dignitary (possibly French Prime Minister Leon Blum) at an airport in Europe. A crowd looks on. Policemen escort the dignitary towards an Air France plane parked on an airstrip. Photographers take pictures. The dignitary addresses the crowd in French, waves and boards the plane. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of United States, John Edgar Hoover delivers a speech in Washington DC. He talks about the increase in gangdom, kidnapping, outlaws and underworld forces. He states statistics regarding the number of underworld criminals killed by law enforcement agencies. He also justifies the use of shoot to kill by police officers, in order to protect their lives.
New Yorkers celebrate Easter Sunday in different churches across the city. A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine' in the United States. Soldiers from New York request a glimpse of Easter in New York City. A large crowd lines the sidewalk, Roman Catholic churchgoers enter the St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Civilians and women GIs among the crowd. Cars pass by on the road outside the St. John's Cathedral (1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, United States). Episcopalian U.S. Army soldiers enter the cathedral. Women GIs pose on the cathedral steps. A Gi kisses a woman GI. People emerge from the cathedral. Mount Olivet Baptist Church: Good Friday and Holy Week Service banners at the cathedral entrance. African American families emerge from the Mount Olivet Baptist Church (201 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027, United States) in Harlem. An African American man with his two little girls. The Easter parade on 5th Avenue. Policemen keep vigil. Women in elaborate coats and hats. GIs and young boys in the parade. American industrialist Henry J Kaiser and his wife. Easter flowers on display. New York girls and children.
Mistreatment of Allied prisoners in Paris, France during World War II. A long column of British and U.S. prisoners of war marched through the streets of Paris under German guard. French policemen and civilians stand by and watch. The prisoners marched through commercial areas. German soldiers keep guard. French civilians strike and kick the prisoners as they pass. The prisoners lined up.
French officials and citizens gather outside Hotel de Ville in Paris to welcome aviator Charles A Lindbergh after his trans-Atlantic flight. Policemen on horses and on foot control the crowd. Cars arrive at the venue. Lindbergh waves to the crowd from the Hotel balcony. The French tricolor and the U.S. flag. Lindbergh and U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick greeted by the crowd. They get into cars and leave. Ferdinand Foch, a French soldier, Aristide Briand, 73rd Prime Minister of France with other officials arrives at the Hotel. They greet the crowd and leave.
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