# J. Edgar Hoover 40th Anniversary As Head Of FBI

Documentary broadcast on WGN television May 16, 1964. National Archives description: "Highlights activities of the FBI during J. Edgar Hoover's administration. Shows how Hoover shaped FBI into its current shape by establishing FBI National Academy in 1935 and adopting tough standards for its agents. Highlights from capture of Barkers, Rudolph Abel, John Dillinger, and Prono Hauptmann \[SIC\] who kidnapped Lindberg \[SIC\] baby. Commenting on his career are Bob Consodine, Presidents Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson." National Archives Identifier: 12123

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1964
- Runtime: 28 min
- By: Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/JEdgarHoover40thAnniversary)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.