Public Reel

YOUR FBI

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The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 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).

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
12173 (local identifier 65.103)
Internet Archive item
gov.archives.arc.12173 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The record

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National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 12173 / Local Identifier 65.103 - YOUR FBI - Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1935 - ). NEWS RELEASE VIDEO RECORDING: Shows FBI Hoover building and describesmission of Agency. Shows old footage of 1930's gansters, George "MachineGun" Kelly, "Babyface" Nelson, "Prettyboy" Floyd, and John Dillinger toillustrate how aggressive Agency was at solving crimes under DirectorHoover. Discusses expansion of agency after WW II to include investigationsof espionage, sabatoge, loan sharks, interstate gambling, 1950's Brinksrobbery, and KKK violence. Indicates that aggressive nature of agency did not change with death of J. Edgar Hoover in 1972. -

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