“Handling Firearms” (1979) is a color training film intended for police departments across the United States. It teaches essential survival procedures and proper gun safety to avoid misfiring. The film features a script by Charles Remsberg, and was directed by Dennis Anderson (note: the two wrote a famous book together called “Street Survival”). This film is one of a series produced by Motorola Teleprograms Inc.

Skydiver carefully packs a parachute (0:36). Scuba divers check oxygen tanks (2:46). Aerial view ambulance lights illuminate alleyway at scene of a shooting (4:10). Ithaca M-87 shotgun on seat of police car (5:56). Newspaper clippings cops misfiring weapons (6:10). 1970s Ford LTD police car on back streets (6:41). Exiting patrol car and avoiding misfiring pistol (7:06). Exiting patrol car and avoiding misfiring shotgun (7:39). Proceeding on foot with sidearm drawn: Officer walks with pistol drawn through lot of industrial buildings (8:05). Moving with loaded shotgun: Officer peers from around industrial warehouse, holds shotgun securely, door reads “Spectrographic Laboratory” – suspect emerges (8:41). Rendering found weapon safe: Officer points flashlight into pipe, removes double barrel mini pistol (9:46). Officer approaches M1 Carbine on ground in alley (10:09). Bolt action weapon (10:34). Close-up of .45 Acp firearm (11:16). Cross hatch shotgun jammed bullet (11:24). Shot suspect lies in blood (11:31). Still image officer holding pistol to back of suspect’s head (12:04). Officer approaches subject in parking lot after disarmed (12:15). Unloading weapon, perhaps Colt 1970s General Officer’s Pistol (12:43). Close-up officer’s hands retrieving, unloading weapons from asphalt, perhaps Colt Python pistol (13:01). Two officers arrest young man on knees in parking lot (13:13). Officer secures handcuffs around suspect kneeling in dirt, takes weapon (13:53). Officer struggles to secure suspect in auto yard (14:14). Off duty cop cleans gun at dining table – children come to play (14:23). Officer unloads ammunition, puts handgun into lock box (14:52). Other safe gun storage options at home (15:11). Still photograph shot officer in pool of blood on sidewalk (15:52). Freeze frame undercover officer firing at suspect’s car (16:11). POV patrol car involved in high speed chase (16:33). Freeze frame officer shooting towards ground during chase, 7/11 sign in background (16:58). Freeze frame officer shoots into air (17:11). Insignia of U.S. Mail (USPS) on side of mailbox, bullet strikes through and hits young teen fixing bike on front lawn (17:15). Uniformed officer breaks up fight between plain clothed officer and suspect (17:27). Refrigerated items, bread line shelves of grocery store aisle, officer shot against wall of canned goods (19:03). .45 Acp handgun (19:20). Barrel Colt Python pistol with visible damage (19:30). Comparison of live cartridges fired, not fired by same pistol under microscope (19:47). Details of handgun body, ejector rod, bullet magazine compartment of semi-automatic weapon (20:02). Cross hatch interior mechanics of pistol, shot gun, semi-automatic (20:45). Interior recoil spring of semi-automatic weapon (22:07). Officer’s hands holding unloaded revolver, safety check (22:25). Officer performs serviceability check on semi-automatic in locker room; c/u of magazine (23:51). Hands handling semi-automatic; rectify failure for rounds to eject (25:22). Officer does serviceability check on Ithaca M-87 Shotgun (25:59). Penny, Abraham Lincoln profile (27:05). Ammunition: Display of .38 caliber, 9mm ammunition on table (27:16). Boxes of ammunition, various brands: Remington .38 special, WS .38 special (27:30). .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum cartridge loaded into .38 special revolver (27:38). Shotgun shell gauge sizes (27:46). Producing 9mm bullets (28:06). Damaged pistols due to use of wrong ammunition (28:27). Factory produced ammunition with identifiable errors (28:50). Corroded ammunition (29:00). Damaged leather holsters (29:22). Officer jumps up and down to check holster safety (29:56). Examples of dos and don’ts for officer duty holster, intercut with images of injured officers (30:09). Aerial view of officers in precinct parking lot checking patrol cars, other stills of officers doing dangerous stunts on job (31:06). Return to skydiver, POV skydiver looking down at arid landscape below, successful landing below, because he was prepared and well trained (31:47).

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