"Just as there is no such thing as an innocent question, there is no such thing as a value less statement." Words to remember when questioned by any law enforcement.

The Germans' top interrogator said that the men he couldn't break were the ones who said absolutely nothing beyond name, rank, and serial number, and did not even look at him. They knew their eyes and facial expressions could reveal a great deal. Very few were that smart.

In the army, we were taught that if you keep your mouth shut for the first 72 hours after capture, that’s good. After that, any tactical information you tell the enemy would be useless.

interesting to note that the "B-99" is a designation that has never been used for any military aircraft, they might have been worried about this film itself falling into enemy hands

This film was not just a great training film, but a great film of its own merit, particularly for its time period. Great acting, direction, even sets which were sourced on a moment's notice. "Loose lips sink ships" is a well-known cliche, but seeing it dramatized in a clear, conceptual manner should make this film a must for ANY military personnel in ANY time period.

This was VERY well written...how they'd piece together seemingly unimportant details to fill in a bigger picture.

This video is still important in 2021. Every person in uniform should be watching it and not posting to social media.

I’ve always done this when interrogated. When my wife interrogates me on where I’ve been, she gets name, rank and social security number.

This could have been a feature film if you added another 20 minutes of backstory. Very well done!

Me Yelling at the screen, "YOU FOOLS! YOU FOOLISH FOOLS THEY'RE PLAYING YOU FOR CHUMPS!" Me if in this situation: *divulges literally all of the secrets and the color of my commanding officers underwear*

Alternate title: "How to talk to cops."

Pretty nurses make the best interrogators.

I actually enjoyed this as a legit movie and forgot it was a training film.👍

As an Air Force pilot, during the Viet Nam era, I was sent to numerous survival courses. One of them was POW training. After running for miles, with potato sacks over our heads, I was placed in a small concrete cell. The first interrogator asked numerous questions about my military organization, which I refused to answer. He warned me repeatedly about not wanting to call Alex, which he finally did. In walks this huge man, who picked me up by my shoulders, and violently throws me the concrete wall. I thought, if this is the kind of treatment I received in my first hour, that this was going to be one tough course. The remainder was made up of repeated interrogations and mental anguish.

This video has a very important message for Americans living today - "Don't talk" is the very best advice to anyone being questioned by the Police.

Damn that was a damn good "speaking in German, but hey why not English" transition. That"trick" is used often in modern film. I didn't expect that kind of detail in a little film like this. I wouldn't have questioned for a second if the Germans were just speaking in English, understanding that it's a film and you can't very well get your message across without certain liberties like that, but they actually wrote in a little reason why they switched to speaking in English. Very nice, very unnecessary but showing detail in the work that was put into it. I've seen less in big budget movies.

best movie ive seen in 2021 so far

Different to my uncle's experience, captured after parachuting, was kicked, punched and thrown into a cellar until the Gestapo arrived, after a severe beating he was handed over to a Luftwaffe unit and transported to a prison camp, there after a 2 week in solitary he was handed over to the British commanding officer. He thought this would be easier now but for some time he was treated as a possible German spy. Eventually he was recognised by another POW and then spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. He walked with a limp and a sometime had lost 2 fingers on his right hand. He died in 1986 after which his notes of the event were found, he never talked directly about his experience though. RIP G.R.E.

A damn good movie. If only all educational films were that fun to watch.

The vine boom Effect every time he reveals something 😂

A video for every Columbo villain to watch

This is based on a true story the German major was a real person that changed interrogation I found that treating them with kindness work better than torture and as you can see it did

This is what we showed our side so they think being captured and interrogated looks like a picnic. The reality was often very different and far from pleasant. It's easy to drone on with name, rank, serial number. Until they decide to pull out your fingernails.

I keep waiting for Col Klink and Schultz!....😂😂

The Flash Gordon 52! What an old movie!

I love these. They're so hilarious. I could watch them all day.

"I love baked ham. So juicy." "A-HA!! You're planning a raid over Munich!"

I like how the Germans speak German with an English accent and yet when they switch to English they go through the effort to put on an accent.

a treasure not to be forgotten

THAT'S the "soften them up," solitary confinement cell?! It's massive, I've paid 520 a month in zone three for a smaller, MUCH smaller place than that cell! And the jailer turned the heat on without being repeatedly asked

Imagine what the enemy can do today leveraging the online content on every soldier, their family, friends, high school, social life, etc.

If you're watching this, wait until the very last speech. And then, remember this, and apply what I say to everything you do and everywhere you go. Because even on social media, there are people who gather information about what you write to use against you. When you go to a hotel or another country or the store, you meet people you don't know. When you give out little pieces of information, even a banking slip, it gives someone information about you. I went to a bank once and we saw the bank slip from the person in front of us. It said $66,000 in the bank account. If we were bad, we could have taken advantage of them. Here's other examples. Never tell anyone you don't really know anything about yourself or others or about anything personal. You never know if they'll follow you or use what you say to take advantage of you. I told a woman that I was abused as a child and she claimed the same to make it seem like we had commonalities. But it turned out to be false. She was trying to get money out of me for her boyfriend and their drug habit. And her friend acted like she didn't know anything to also get money from me. It was a setup. Always be careful.

The Flash Gordon 52, with disintegrator guns, magnetic arch, and electric paralysis ray. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

With today's media blurting everything in a frenzy of overkill, supposition and deduction, you can disband field intelligence and just find everything you need to now on tiktok.

4:21 “On the contrary, Captain. Here, let me show you. A news-clipping, taken from a newspaper we receive regularly from KZfaq Channels.”

My grandpa would have watched this. Thanks for posting this.😊

Superb acting and production.

This was a good film, not just a training film!

The wonderful Kent Smith is also in this. I loved him in The dammed don't cry w/ Joan Crawford.

18:04 the old HJ gets them every time!

If I ever got captured they'd send me back because I'd give them a four hour lecture on why the Star Wars prequels were actually good.

This is a very good story,and well directed and acted.

The guy at the end telling the bomber crews not to talk would of talked the same way as Spence’s group did !!

Absolute gold!

The veteran character actor Lloyd Nolan plays the American intelligence officer at the end of the movie.

This gave me the shivers!

after i watched this video, my lies and be quiet skill increase dramaticly

Very funny as the American Lieutenant started singing like a bird!!!😂😂😂😂😂

A top notch training film related to some of the largest and most intense battles in the history of mankind, spanning several different countries.. Bringing every man woman and child together in both America and it's European allies to defeat a powerful ruthless enemy. Lloyd Nolan brought it home in his closing words which will live on forever. God bless all the people from around the world that had to endure such horrific atrocities that this war brought.

21:45 gotta love that dramatic musical sting

Merci beaucoup.

Orchestra horn hits when someone tells XD

This is the modern computer hacker gets you identity, pick at the problem and put together bits of information.

My dad probably was shown this film. He was a pilot in the Battle of the Bulge.

"Don't talk." That's very good advice...even if you're arrested in your own country...

is there a german equivalent of this, for resisting allied interrogation?

This film is instructive for depositions

The Germans' American accents are very good

Great cast

Uncle and Great Uncle Killed in action in this war.. My grandmothers brother and first born both lost..died. I cant even imagine that much loss.

People today don’t need to be interrogated, they spill there guts every day on social media.

What a great film

What kinda Nazis are these ? No pictures of Hitler or Goering....but a great picture of The Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen, greatest flying ace ever !

The top German interrogated used friendly talk, hobbies, and long hikes in the woods to get information. One tactic was to make the prisoner believe that the enemy already knew everything already.

When is season 2?? I'm hooked on these!

"Well sir, I guess that all depends on which red cross you're working for" *John Cena **_You Can't See Me_** theme plays*

What part of Name Rank and Serial Number ONLY did you not understand? --General Patton

Classic stuff.

We know nothing, they know nothing. They sound like sergeant Schultz.

Okay, so from what I understand; As long as they don't suddenly get up and leave, mid conversation to go do something else.... Then you did good. 👍💪😁

O the golden era of the cig....

Undoubtedly the most on the ball German organization of the war.

I have to say I found this to be a far more engrossing film then anything that has come out recently, besides Joker. Totally interested in how it would end, characters were interesting.

I saw a video interview and the old soldier said they had and told him his school report, how the hell...

"Eeet izt just part of zeee vorm..."

Oh they’d just LOVE interrogating me! “Oh, and let me tell you some more about TPS Reports!”

You can find the interrogation reports that the allies used to do on captured U-Boot crews and you can tell they did similar things - piecing together snippets of information, exploiting grievances, pretending to know more than they did about their captives, being their friends & confidants. While Germany had concentration camps, torture & beatings that many airmen no doubt experienced there were also some effective interrogators (e.g. a man called Hanns Scharff) renowned for getting info from airmen by employing psychology and treating them reasonably fairly. Scharff even visited the US after the war to train them on his techniques.

It's a good training film

Breaking the fingers one by one with pliers was a favourite trick of German interrogators.

one thing zoomers and the golden generation have in common, they both clip the audio in their content.

The joke is, if you are Italian, insist your hands are tied behind your back so you will give nothing away.

smoke make you feel better

Arthur Kennedy is in this. He was the journalist in Lawrence of Arabia.

I love how those teaching films have better story and acting than the real ones. Was it only me who was rooting for Germans to find out the info?

That German Major has no notion of personal space. He's like an inch from his subordinates' faces as he shares his observations and expertise.

deserves an emmy

1:05 it’s funny how this is generally a quote attributed to Kennedy…

My favourite line in a movie about holding out under interrogation has to be Robert DeNiro in RONIN.

54:26 . the one who did not tell the Germans any thing gave up a vital piece of info with out knowing it

Don't TEXT either....

I would be like chunk in the goonies... And then in the third grade I stole a milk. And my mom grounded me...

I like how these double as cigarette ads

For a training film this was actually a pretty entertaining flick! Way better than a lot of the crap shown nowadays. I wonder why the Germans used the American style salute instead of the Sieg Heil salute?

Did Hogan's Hero's come from this? Without the comedy, it seems very similiar.

22:58 the picture manfred von richthofen The Red Baron haha

Love those WWI German helmets. Interrogation , refusing to answer . Perhaps vee can refresh you memory !

Some of those Krauts speak REMARKABLY good American English.

Insurance companies provide great amounts of personal data!

I know NOTHINK, N O T H I N K !

There's always an angle.