Serology unit of the FBI laboratory gathers and analyzes blood samples from a crime scene
Technicians working at the serology unit of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) laboratory. A technician collects blood sample from a shirt belonging to a suspect. The examiner drops benzidine reagent and dilute hydrogen peroxide into the blood sample in cotton swab. The blood sample turns blue. The examiner writes down notes and cuts a sample from the shirt for microchemical hemoglobin test. He places the sample on the microscope slide. The examiner applies a reagent on the sample in the microscope slide. The slide is warmed before being placed under a microscope. The examiner uses the microscope. Red crystals indicating the presence of hemoglobin found under a microscope. The examiner runs test for origin and blood group of the sample. The examiner also gathers samples from the unstained part of the cloth. The samples are placed on test tubes which are placed on a rack. The examiner marks the locations where the samples were taken in the clothing. The examiner writes notes on his worksheet. Blood serums are added to the samples. The rack containing samples are placed inside a refrigerator overnight. The examiner brings out a vial containing liquid blood sample from the same refrigerator. The liquid blood sample is centrifuged, and samples are gathered for a liquid blood grouping slide. Testing solutions are added to the samples. The slide is agitated to expedite the grouping reaction. The examiner reads the slide through a microscope. The examiner brings out vials of samples from blood-stained fabric gathered the day before. The test tubes are placed on the centrifuged machine. Blood samples on vials are placed in small rack. The examiner determines blood sample to be of human origin. Centrifuged grouping samples are placed in grouping slides to determine blood type. Examiner reads samples microscopically. A technician fills out a worksheet. Law enforcement officers read a laboratory report from the FBI. Location: Quantico Virginia USA. Date: 1967.
b&w newsreel - mos - industry trade show - new product demonstration - Business Opportunities Show at Statler Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California -
older couple gives out samples of Flash-Maid Freez Treat - entrepreneurs - hand out samples of product, c/u older man uses machine, demonstrates how easy it is to make frozen dessert - flash frozen juice - alternative to ice cream or frozen yogurt
Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
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<br/>Moondust Samples arrive in Britain.
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<br/>State House in Holborn, London.
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<br/>MS Pan with Professor Tolansky arriving at State House. He is one of the people to receive sample of moondust. MS Large car with police escort, arriving at State House bearing the moondust samples. Various shots interior of the State House as the bottles bearing the moondust are shown to the press. Two London policemen stand guard on the samples. MS Dr SO Agrell showing sample to press.
Several CSs geologist cutting open and splitting core sample laden with oil, he takes measures, wraps up sample and stores it in a vault containing thousands of samples.
COVERAGE IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR A JAMES WALKER CS VO
ABOUT QUESTIONING THE CREDIBILITY OF EXPERT WITNESSES.
01:00:20 NATURAL SOUND INT FTG IN DRUG EVIDENCE LAB. MS MEDICAL
EXAMINER CONDUCTING BLOOD TEST.
01:00:48 CU EXAMINER INJECTING SAMPLE INTO NEEDLE.
01:01:15 MS EXAMINER PLACING SAMPLE IN MACHINE.
01:01:48 CU MACHINE SHAKING SAMPLE.
01:02:02 CU MICROGRAM MEASURING DEVICE.
01:02:45 MS BLOOD SAMPLES IN TEST TUBES IN TRAY.
01:03:04 CU EXAMINER FILLING VIAL W/ BLOOD.
01:08:17 ECU BLOOD IN TEST TUBE FILLING INNER GLASS TUBE.
01:09:09 SAME SHOT AGAIN.
01:09:59 PULL IN FROM MS TO MCU TECHNICIAN FILLING TUBE.
01:10:25 SIDE CU TECHNICIAN'S FACE AS SHE DRAWS SAMPLE.
01:10:35 CU TEST TUBE IN HER HAND.
01:10:55 CU BIOHAZARD ISOLATION SIGN.
01:11:06 MS ANOTHER TECHNICIAN REMOVING SAMPLE FROM BIN IN
REFRIGERATOR.
01:11:28 CU TECHNICIAN SORTING THROUGH BOTTLES.
01:11:48 MS TECHNICIAN LAYING BOTTLES ONTO TABLE.
01:14:36 CU TECHNICIAN SORTING THROUGH TEST TUBES W/ BLOOD SAMPLES.
01:15:44 CU ANOTHER TECHNICIAN CONDUCTING FLUID SAMPLE TEST.
01:16:20 CU DIPPING SAMPLE CARD INTO MACHINE.
01:16:31 CU ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE THROUGH MACHINE'S LENS.
01:16:52 CU SAMPLE CARD.
01:16:58 ECU DIPPING SAMPLE CARD INTO STAINING FLUID.
01:17:24 TILT DOWN STAINED SAMPLE CARD.
01:17:52 MWS ANOTHER TECHNICIAN CONDUCTING DRUG EXAMINATION.
01:17:58 VS EXAMINER CUTTING OPEN PLASTIC EVIDENCE BAG, REMOVING
SAMPLE, OPENING SAMPLE, POURING WHITE POWDER CONTENTS ONTO
SCALE.
01:19:16 HIGH ANGLE CU OVER SCALE.
01:19:20 CU EXAMINER OPENING SECOND EXHIBIT, WHITE POWDER WRAPPED IN
A DOLLAR BILL.
01:19:50 CU POWDER IN DOLLAR BILL.
01:20:02 CU TECHNICIAN POURING POWDER SAMPLE INTO GRAM SCALE.
01:20:18 CU SAMPLE'S WEIGHT.
01:20:30 HIGH ANGLE MS OVER TECHNICIAN WEIGHING SAMPLE.
01:20:47 SAME SHOT AS TECHNICIAN POURS SAMPLE INTO MEASURING CUP
AGAIN.
Man drives snowcat / tractor through snow storm; Man engages snow making machine; Snow being made; POV riding down snowcovered mountain in tram/train-bus; Snow sample taken by man; Man weighs snow sample; Skiers stand on sidewalk holding skiis; Snowboarder slides down mountain slope
Sample under microscope lens, South Mimms, UK, 1992, close-up
Close-up of a sample moving under a fluorescent light microscope lens. Filmed in Clare Hall laboratories South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK, in 1992. Clare Hall was part of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF). This later became part of the Francis Crick Institute, under Cancer Research UK (CRUK).