DETECTOR DOGS -1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) DETECTOR DOGS: CU SHOT LOOKING INTO MOUTH OF AIRPLANES' JET ENGINE. PAN TO LUGGAGE ROLLING ON CONVEYOR FROM PLANE. WORKER PLACING LUGGAGE ONTO CONVEYOR AS SECURITY GUARD HAS DOG SNIFF THROUGH LUGGAGE AS IT MOVES ON CONVEYOR. CU DOG WALKS BACK & FORTH ON TOP OF LUGGAGE, SNIFFING EACH PIECE. DRUG SNIFFING DOG 01:13:00 CU DOG SNIFFS AT PIECE OF LUGGAGE AND BITES INTO IT, TRYING TO OPEN IT. LUGGAGE IS OPENED, TWO LARGE FIRMLY PACKED PLASTIC BAGS OF ILLEGAL DRUGS IS REMOVED. 01:13:19 SIGN, "DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DETECTOR DOG TRAINING CENTER." ZOOM OUT SITE OF CAMP, 125 KILOMETERS WEST OF WASHINGTON, D.C. VAN PULLS INTO CAMP TOWING TRAILER WITH METAL CAGES CONTAINING DOGS TO BE TRAINED. 01:13:41 POLICEMAN TRAINER, TAKES "SWEDE," GOLDEN RETRIEVER, OUT OF METAL CAGE, PUTS LEASH ON HIM, ENTERS GATED COMPOUND CONTAINING LARGE INDIVIDUALLY CAGED, DETECTOR DOGS "SWEDE" WAS THE ONLY ONE IN FORTY-THREE PASSING TEST TO BE DETECTOR DOG. ZOOM IN ON DOG IN CAGE. 01:14:03 TRAINER RUNS WITH "SWEDE THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSE. TRAINER REWARDS DOG BY PETTING, RUBBING HIM. TRAINER THROWS OBJECT WHICH IS RETRIEVED BY SWEDE. DOG LOVES TO RETRIEVE. HAS A TUG-OF-WAR WITH THE RETRIEVED OBJECT. 01:14:58 TRAINER TAKES "SWEDE" TO HILL OF PEBBLES TO RETRIEVE HIDDEN OBJECT, GIVEN SCENT OF DRUGS. LATER STAGE OF TRAINING. "SWEDE" SNIFFS AROUND, DIGS UP OBJECT. HAS USUAL TUG-OF-WAR WITH TRAINER. 01:15:37 TRAINER TAKES SWEDE TO PARKING LOT LINED WITH CARS AND HAS HIM SNIFF AROUND OUTSIDE, INSIDE CAR. AFTER SNIFFING INSIDE CAR WITH NO SUCCESS, SWEDE "LOCATES" DRUG STASH IN LINING OF TRUNK. CU USUAL TUG-O-WAR. 01:16:58 TRAINER TAKES DOG TO CONVEYOR BELT, SUCH AS THOSE USED AT AIRPORTS. MAN AT ONE END PLACES SEALED CARTONS ON BELT. DOG RUNS ACROSS THEM, WHEN RIGHT ONE COMES ALONG, HE REGISTERS DISCOVERY BY BITING, TEARING, PACKAGE. TUG-OF-WAR WITH TRAINER. 01:17:47 POLICEMAN TRAINER HOLDING SEVERAL BLACK PUPPIES IN ARMS, HUGGING, KISSING. PAN SIX BLACK PUPPIES RUNNING AFTER TRAINER. CU CAMERA PANS TO BLACK PUP WHO DOESN'T FEEL LIKE GOING ALONG.