https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1c446386-3a78-4cfa-9244-551a036d32b4 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com View our Amazon store here: https://amzn.to/3XQHsVD This Cold War era training film "Safeguarding Military Information" depicts the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of confidential military information. It shows the results of careless conversation and improper maintenance of confidential records. This film is presented by the US Army (:03). Travelers arrive on the liner SS America (:32). A traveler arrives in his hotel room (:47) and unwraps a map (1:03). The atomic laboratory at Los Alamos is shown. The interior of the installation is explored (1:56). The Statue of Liberty stands on Ellis Island outside of the city of New York (2:03). An explosion erupts and the Statue of Liberty is destroyed in an act of terrorism and espionage (2:11). The narrator mentions the traveler is a spy seeking to commit espionage in order to collect military information (2:20). Photographs of a nuclear missile and secret documents appear (2:41). A pamphlet appears detailing the process to safeguard military information (3:04). The officer stamps important information as classified (3:31). Another man enters the office and dials the rotary telephone (3:51). Classified information is meant for authorized personnel only. The following scene details this in example. The man who had used the rotary telephone sits at the bar with a cohort (4:05). He mentions looking at the documents (4:14). The camera moves to the man sitting next to the pair listening intently (4:19). The sharing of vital information in a public setting is punishable by law. A female secretary locks up confidential documents in a file cabinet (5:03). The narrator mentions the bottom drawer has been left open (5:17). Another secretary correctly ensures each of the cabinets are locked securely (5:36). A file cabinet locking bar is set improperly (5:46). Proper locking procedure follows (5:51). An enlisted man notes a piece of discarded paper which contains vital information (6:08). A pail is set aside specifically for classified trash (6:20). Two officers burn classified information at a security roast (6:25). At the photo lab (7:07), George Porter; a vital lab technician cuts down photographs of sensitive information. Matter is marked secret (7:35). Preparation of matter for transmission is demonstrated (8:04). George returns classified photographs (9:16). A coworker carrying classified documents explains why she must be the one to return the files (9:36). A lieutenant seeks photographs of classified information (9:57) which appear to be missing. George Porter is accused of losing the documents (10:08). Porter and his coworker Marion go on a date (11:02). He snaps her photograph (11:05). Porter shares photographs with Marion (11:42); in the pile appears a secret document. Porter confesses he keeps some classified documents as souvenirs (11:55). Marion loses sleep over this (12:05). Marion discuses reporting the incident with her grandmother (13:10). She reports the incident (13:54). Porter receives a call at home from agents of the FBI (13:58). Agents uncover classified documents and photographs (14:40). At the US Commissioners Office (14:53); Porter is charged with removing and concealing secret papers and documents. He is accused of having ties to the espionage agent. The espionage agent is taken into custody (15:30). A newspaper headline appears of the event (15:58). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. 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