Indiana Jones FBI documents

[MAKE BELIEVE]

OSS (Office of Stategic Services)? (But only active from 1942 to 1945)

 

[Celeste Conway]

OSS (Office of Stategic Services)? (But only active from 1942 to 1945)

That's not possible the film is set in late 1936

EDIT: Sorry Misread

 

[MichaelFuji]

I did some research and maybe it is the Military Intelligence Division:

Military Intelligence Division (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

They've been around from from 1918 until 1942.

You can read about them in this book:

https://history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-13-1/cmhPub_60-13-1.pdf

At this moment I think that this fits the bill.
Please correct me if I'm wrong with my assumptions.

 

[Celeste Conway]

I did some research and maybe it is the Military Intelligence Division:

Military Intelligence Division (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

They've been around from from 1918 until 1942.

You can read about them in this book:

https://history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-13-1/cmhPub_60-13-1.pdf

At this moment I think that this fits the bill.
Please correct me if I'm wrong with my assumptions.

Yeah no that's the best assumption, That Military Division is what I got recommended for my old Artifact Files.
I'm having a look for old declassified documents from this Division and have only found a iffy one so far

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Yeap, what I could find:

"Before World War II, intelligence activities in the United States were mostly carried out by the Department of State, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), and the War Department's Military Intelligence Division (MID)."

 

[MichaelFuji]

I found an interesting folder with Naval Intelligence files:
Naval Intelligence

It's loaded.

No need to go through the whole stuff as you get the idea about the overall structure of these documents pretty fast.
But there may be some treasures lying around for those who want and take the time to dig in deeper.

 

[MichaelFuji]

Regarding the file folder for Raiders:
I have checked the scenes where the file folder can be seen.
And actually it is not a folder at all.
It’s a simple DIN A3 paper folded together.
So if you want to be absolutely screen accurate, you just print that TOP SECRET text on one side and fold it together and your good to go.

 

[Celeste Conway]

Regarding the file folder for Raiders:
I have checked the scenes where the file folder can be seen.
And actually it is not a folder at all.
It’s a simple DIN A3 paper folded together.
So if you want to be absolutely screen accurate, you just print that TOP SECRET text on one side and fold it together and your good to go.

Ah Keen eye! do you have any photos for reference?

 

[Celeste Conway]

Ah Keen eye! do you have any photos for reference?

Went through my 4K copy real quick and got as many screenshots for reference as I could find. nothing readable besides the TOP SECRET but gives an idea for a completely screen-accurate version.

 

[MichaelFuji]

But it seems to me as the word TOP would be missing on the folder cover itself.

 

[Celeste Conway]

But it seems to me as the word TOP would be missing on the folder cover itself.

Ah force of habit, regardless it's also hard to tell what symbol is above the SECRET, looks more square then the circular logo we've been using could possibly be the actual military intelligence logo instead

 

[Lightning]

Ah force of habit, regardless it's also hard to tell what symbol is above the SECRET, looks more square then the circular logo we've been using could possibly be the actual military intelligence logo instead

I've always thought it was the Great Seal, which is also used by the Army

 

[Celeste Conway]

I've always thought it was the Great Seal, which is also used by the Army

View attachment 1729558

It's almost near impossible to say, both could be it the thing I'll say is whatever was on it seems to have very square proportions

 

[Lightning]

Im going to print one out and take a picture at that angle for comparison, there's enough detail in that screencap to be useful.

 

[Celeste Conway]

Went through another copy I had

Im going to print one out and take a picture at that angle for comparison, there's enough detail in that screencap to be useful.

Good idea we can try both, here's the highest res I could get on the folder, seems to show a slightly more amount of detail. also included even more high res versions that show the page layout. I'm certain the original prop was just the A3 Folder and two copies of the same "Tanis Development" message due to the same typed signature at the bottom.

 

[Lightning]

Nope, great seal doesn't match

 

[Celeste Conway]

Nope, great seal doesn't match

View attachment 1729692

Bugger, Well we still have the military intelligence logo to try, besides that I guess it's really a guessing game for the logo, all I can really make out is a pointed top and square proportions

 

[Celeste Conway]

While also looking into the folder, I've gone through the effort of making the most screen-accurate version of the page featured in the original scene, of course all of the text besides the bold TOP SECRET is invented but I think the placement of the text here makes the most logical sense down to the passage Colonel Musgrove reads from being on the same line. Let me know of any possible tweaks or other ideas!

EDIT: Updated slightly for added dots

 

[OasisSupernova]

While also looking into the folder, I've gone through the effort of making the most screen-accurate version of the page featured in the original scene, of course all of the text besides the bold TOP SECRET is invented but I think the placement of the text here makes the most logical sense down to the passage Colonel Musgrove reads from being on the same line. Let me know of any possible tweaks or other ideas!

I flipped the image so it's easier to see. Looks like the damn Ark. Lol. Obviously not, but thats the first thing that came to mind.

 

[OasisSupernova]

Only thing I've found so far