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This Is Your FBI: The Sixteen Millimeter Stickup

This Is Your FBI · July 25, 1952 · 29 min · 4,118 words

The transcript of “The Sixteen Millimeter Stickup”, an episode of This Is Your FBI first broadcast July 25, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays This Is Your FBI free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents This is your FBI. This is your FBI. The official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community.

Did you ever stop to realize that you don't have to be rich to build sound plans for your future and the future of your family? The secret is in knowing how, and this secret you can learn from a friendly, helpful man who knows the answers to your problem.

He is your local, equitable society representative. He can show you how you can predict your future needs and plans to take care of your family no matter what happens. In about 14 minutes, I want to tell you more about your local, equitable society representative and how he can help you to enjoy the many advantages of membership in the equitable life-assuring society of the United States.

of the United States. The subject of our FBI file armed robbery, its title, the 16 millimeter stick up. One of your FBI's most important jobs is the selection of recruits to be trained as special agents.

The screening process to which all applicants are subjected is extremely exacting. Of the men desiring to become agents, only a small proportion can meet the requirements. All FBI men must be in top physical condition.

They must possess poise, tact, judgment and resourcefulness. Naturally, they must be men of character and integrity. They must be well-educated and have a knowledge of legal procedures. But beyond all this, they must have the metal alertness to think fast on their feet, adapt their knowledge to new situations, for no crime ever follows the same pattern.

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