This black and white educational film presented by Los Angeles District Attorney Evelle J. Younger and the District Attorney’s Office of Los Angeles County, seeks to inform and educate police departments across the United States about bomb response safety and protocols. Founded in 1957 after witnessing a sharp increase in bomb usage, the LAPD developed a “bomb squad” consisting of skilled specialists and officers. The video is divided into two sections that detail the different kinds of explosive devices and additionally, explains the actions and protocols that should be taken by officers in the face of such a device. The film was produced through facilities of KCET, Los Angeles Community Television of Southern California and Larry C. Waddington acted as executive producer. It likely dates to 1969-1970.

Edward M. Davis, police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, talking to camera about bomb procedures developed by the department (0:06). Part I: explosive devices (0:53). Detailing various bomb incidents across the nation: Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin, police station Massachusetts, car in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ROTC headquarters at UCLA, the Los Angeles Hall of Justice (1:09). Bombings in America historically: Chicago Haymarket, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street in New York City (1:55). Statistics of bombings and fatalities (2:21). Copies of publications like The Militants Formulary and The SDS Manual (2:41). Scenarios for police officers to ponder related to bomb threat and active bomb response (3:18). Explanation of explosive chemicals (5:00). Electrical detonators: anti-disturbance types (6:30). Mechanical detonators: the “push-pull” type (7:51). Time device detonators (9:19). Fuse detonators (9:37). Explanation of a pipe bomb (10:06). Decoy “Texas Bomb” (10:46). Bomb blankets (11:44). LAPD experimentations with bomb fighting technology: tickling device/ “the skid”(12:12). X-ray device (12:42). Explanation of how the bomb trailer works (12:55). Sounding devices (13:19). Emptied interior of “the bomb truck” and the armor-proof backing (13:29). Officer answering call about a suspicious container (14:27). Step-by-step instructions of what officers arriving on the scene of a reported bomb must do: surveying the area, evacuation, search plan (15:27-20:42). Summary of five stages of officers’ work: getting information, orderly evacuation, organized search, relay information, and protect area (20:42). Criminal codes and apprehending suspects: image of West’s Annotated California Codes containing Penal codes (21:35). Chief Raymond M. Hill of Los Angeles Fire Department appealing to the public to not use molotov cocktails (22:01). Part II: Fire bombs and mock explosion at watch clock repair shop (22:45). Specifying what a fire bomb is and the different kinds (24:08). Explanation of what officers must do if they seize a fire bomb (26:05). Scientists conducting experiment in the Los Angeles Riverbed (27:15). Managing resultant fire of a fire bomb: close up of Fyr Fyter extinguisher (28:57). How to gather evidence that arson was caused by fire bomb (30:27). Crowd of people who could all be possible suspects (31:41). Shot of burning structures (32:04). Recent legislation addressing growing use of fire bombs (33:07). Procedures in effect for answering a bomb threat call (35:48). Firefighters trying to put out a raging fire (37:37).

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