The Ideal Federal Savings Bank was a HYDRA facility located in an abandoned bank building in Washington, D.C. used to house Bucky Barnes.
History[]
Winter Soldier getting his arm repaired
In 2014, Winter Soldier was taken to the Ideal Federal Savings Bank where HYDRA had set up a base for him and his handlers, in order to repair his mechanical arm, damaged by Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff while he tried to kill them in the streets of Washington, D.C.
Winter Soldier then started to experience flashbacks of his fall from the HYDRA train in the Alps, how Rogers tried to save him from the fall and how he was discovered by Arnim Zola. He also remembered how his missing arm was replaced by a prosthetic mechanical arm and how he saw it for the first time, while Zola told him he was going to the new fist of HYDRA and was put in a Cryostasis Chamber.
Due to the painful memories, Barnes started to become agitated and shoved the technician working on his arm to the floor, causing Jack Rollins and the other STRIKE team members in the room to draw their guns on the Soldier.
Alexander Pierce arrives at the bank
Alexander Pierce arrived at the facility escorted by Brock Rumlow, and though one of the technicians warned him about Barnes' instability Pierce approached him to demand a mission report. Barnes didn't reply to the order, looking blank, so Pierce suddenly struck him hard in the face.
Barnes asked about Rogers' identity, and Pierce told him he simply met him earlier that week on another assignment, but Barnes replied that he knew him from somewhere. Pierce started to relate how Winter Soldier's work had been a gift to mankind and he helped shape the century, but he needed him to do it one more time, citing that they both needed to do their respective parts to let HYDRA give the world the freedom it deserves.
Bucky Barnes about to have his memories suppressed
Barnes continued replying that he knew Rogers, so Pierce ordered the technicians to prepare him for his next assignment. One scientist informed Pierce that Barnes had been out of his Cryostasis Chamber for too long; Pierce ordered to wipe his memory with painful electroshocks with the Memory Suppressing Machine, beginning the process while Pierce and Rumlow left the room.[1]
Return of Winter Soldier[]
Winter Soldier returning to the Ideal Federal Savings Bank and facing some HYDRA scientists
Having heard about the failure of HYDRA's planned uprising, two scientists planned on fleeing, afraid of being put on trial. However, Winter Soldier appeared, frightening the two scientists. Winter Soldier lied and said that Captain America was dead, before attacking the two scientists themselves. However, Winter Soldier experienced flashbacks to a previous murder he had committed, and therefore decided to let him live. He left the bank and began a life on the run.[2]
Behind the Scenes[]
- The Cleveland Trust Company Building was used for the exterior scene of the Ideal Federal Savings Bank.
