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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This police department training film depicts situations of abuse of authority by officers. Interestingly, it includes a segment where police engage with a gay couple and threaten them (10:58). The film was produced and directed by Eugene N. Smith for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Department of Justice in 1975 in Florida, filmed, and edited by Robert Mesterton, and with camera and sound by Rick Mishaw. Credits (00:09). “Police: The Human Dimension” title banner (00:26). Police officer, Dr. George L. Kirkham, gives a paper to a driver in a car and walks away (00:41). He stops by his police car and speaks to the camera (00:51). “Authority Situation 6” title banner (01:25). A police car stops on a street (01:33). The officer speaks on the radio inside the car (01:41). The officer on the other end of the radio line is seen (01:52). Point-of-view of a car driving down a street (02:10). An officer exits his car and stops a former inmate on the street (02:19). Another officer arrives (02:37). One of the two body search him while the other one searches his possessions (03:03). The former inmate and the two officers argue (04:08). They let him go (04:39). “Authority Situation 7” title banner (04:44). A man and a woman are sitting on a couch talking and looking through papers (04:53). The man gets up and walks into the kitchen (05:11). The woman continues looking through papers (05:23). The woman answers to a knock on the door (05:30). Two police officers are revealed (05:35). They are invited in, and the man greets them (05:37). They discuss the case of a stolen television (05:47). The man and woman give their statement to one officer (06:27). The other officer is looking around in their living room (06:59). He finds the bud of a joint in an ashtray and calls over the other officer (07:06). The couple looks distressed (07:31). The two officers disagree whether to make a case of it (07:38). One of the officers arrest the couple for possession of marijuana (07:58). “Authority Situation 8” title banner (08:12). Two officers enter the home of a young woman (08:22). They go into the living room the speak to the woman’s husband (08:48). They confront the husband with the wife’s allegations of child abuse (08:58). One officer picks up the belt used by the husband to spank his daughter (09:19). The officers inspect the child held by the wife (09:30). One officer walks outside with the wife and daughter (09:38). The other officer questions the husband in a threatening manner (09:44). The officer then physically confronts the husband by pushing him (10:17). He is then pushed against a wall and handcuffed (10:26). “Authority Situation 9” title banner (10:49). A heterosexual couple is kissing in a car (10:58). A police car passes (11:04). The couple stop kissing as they see the car (11:13). A homosexual couple is kissing in another car (11:23). They stop as a police car arrives (11:36). The officer exits the car (11:49) and approaches the couple’s car (11:55). The man in the driving seat steps out of the car (12:02). He hands the officer his identification (12:14). The officer questions the two men while expressing homophobia (12:30). The homosexual couple get back in the car (13:38). One of them is upset and the other one attempts to comfort him (13:46). They drive away (13:48). “Authority Situation 10” title banner (14:01). A wife and husband are arguing in their home (14:12). The husband hits his wife in the head with a newspaper (14:36). Someone knocks on the door (14:41). The wife is crying and opens the door (14:49). Two police officers arrive responding to a noise complaint (14:53). The wife gives her statement to one officer (15:09). She starts to yell at the husband while he gives his statement to the other officer (15:20). The husband continues giving his statement to the other officer (15:27). The husband yells at his wife while she continues to give her statement (15:49). The officer threatens him if he doesn’t stay quiet (15:51). The officer and the husband start arguing (15:55). Both officers grab him (16:00). The wife yells for the officers to let her husband go and try to pull them away (16:01). Credits (16:10). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
