Don't Talk
1942 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 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 Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer
- National Archives Identifier
- 4672291 (local identifier 111-TF-949)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.4672291 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
The Internet Archive item's description, as transcribed by the uploader from the source archive's record. Check it against the National Archives catalog entry linked above.
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4672291 / Local Identifier 111-TF-949 - Don't Talk - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). This film, made for the War Department by Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) in their "Crime Does Not Pay" series of films, dramatizes a Federal Bureau of Investigation case of wartime spying within the United States. Scenes reveal a cautionary tale on the need for silence regarding workplace activities, especially those involving defense manufacturing. -