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EXAMINATION OF STOLEN CARS, ca. 1970 - ca. 1979

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The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.

Creating body, as recorded
Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Archives Identifier
12104 (local identifier 65.30)
Internet Archive item
gov.archives.arc.12104 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 12104 / Local Identifier 65.30 - EXAMINATION OF STOLEN CARS, ca. 1970 - ca. 1979 - Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 - ). DRAMATIZED TRAINING FILM: Techniques car thieves use t ohide identity of automobile. Opens with a statement to law enforcement officers about the FBI training programs and is signed by J. Edgar Hoover.Thief hot-wires car, gives it new identification number, and paint. Thief would have gotten away but he runs red light and is chased by police until he ditched car. Car is identified as stolen and eventually returned to its owner. Police must be knowledgeable about how professional car thieves operate. -

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