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★★★★★ · Cool Soundtrack · Jah Gussi · 2005-03-15

mv The date maybe 1975 clips of Linburg with the Spirt of St.Louis

★★★★ · Shaft is the man · Spuzz · 2005-05-31

This film, made in 1975 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the police department in Nassau County, NY, is a heck of a lot of fun to watch as we see up to the minute (for it's time) explanations of what makes the police department work, and as well going into the archives to view the police department as it was starting out in 1925. There's a nice section in there about Charles Lindbergh, the reason it's there of course, is that Lindbergh started from Nassau, and "The last two people that he talked to before he left were his mechanic and a policeman". But mostly, it focuses on the…

★★★ · Another PD film on Prelinger · uniQ · 2005-05-31

The intro music is strange, it begins as something I can't describe, then goes to almost news intro sound (Notice the confused traffic signal), and then ... I'm so delinquent in musical terminology. Nice looking computer though! HaH! That is an OLD chemistry lab! Glass bottles! And that maybe centrifuge setup is pretty old too. What is that guy hauling out of the station wagon? Nice 911 call center/dispatcher! The titlecard in a completely different style. The Nassau county executive, and the air bureau! This is going to be interesting! The lectern-on-the-stairs is common, but just looks…

★★★ · 34 years later... · Froschdriver · 2009-10-23

There have been many, many changes in the Nassau County Police Dept since this film was created in 1975, with the exception of EVOC and the uniforms. Nice stroll down memory lane...