This 1950s clip - the 1st of 4 - follows a police investigation into a man’s death, initially deemed a suicide.  

A man is found dead with a bullet hole in his chest and a revolver by his side. The detectives take stock of the dead man and the crime scene, dusting for fingerprints, removing a bullet from a wall, and taking extensive photographs. 

Detectives measure the width of the bullet holes in both the victim and the wall. An ballistics expert removes the bullet from the wall. The wife is questioned about her husband's behavior leading up to his death. She cries and buries her head in a pillow. 

The lead detective speaks with a man at the morgue. They look at pictures of the dead man's bullet wounds.

The corpse lies on a table at the morgue, ready to be examined. The dead man's shirt is removed and hung up to dry; the shirt will be examined later at the chem lab. A photographer sets up his camera to photograph the dead man's wound. A pathologist dips the man's hand into paraffin wax to eventually make a mold of the man's hand.