United States Army Air Forces 42nd Bomb Squadron in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Airmen of 11th bombardment group, 7th Air Force. Men work on the construction of an airstrip. Men working at machinery on the airfield. The airmen pour and roll asphalt in the area.
United States Army Air Forces 42nd Bomb Squadron in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Airmen of 11th bombardment group, 7th Air Force. Men work in an asphalt plant. Derricks move coral and load it on trucks. A sign on a truck reads: '72nd Seabees U.S. Navy'. Men talk to the driver of the truck. Smoke rises in the foreground.
United States Army Air Forces 42nd Bomb Squadron in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. Airmen of11th bombardment group, 7th Air Force. An asphalt plant. Billows of smoke rise up from the plant's smokestacks. A truck moves past.
Operations at the British Political Warfare Executive (PWE) School in Cairo, Egypt. View of the OSS headquarters and the training camp. The Chiefs of Staff arrive at the training camp. They discuss in the office. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) personnel undergo training for morale operations activities in the Balkans. A soldier rests in his tent. Trainees work in calisthenics, history, geography, language, radio broadcasting and monitoring. They attend the lectures. They also work in propaganda leaflet composition, portable printing press operation, interrogation techniques, vehicle operation and maintenance. (World War II period).
Lt Colonel John T Whitaker speaks before a map on OSS morale operations in Italy. The map points Palermo, Sicily, Tunis, Bizerte and other places. Colonel outlines OSS propaganda and psychological warfare operations during the allied invasions of Sicily and Italy proper. He explains leaflets techniques and rumor spreading by OSS infiltration teams and the use of clandestine radios. Airplanes in flight drop leaflets. People walk. A man reads a leaflet. (World War II period).
B-24 aircraft in formation over German target. Sky filled with Flak bursts. Recreated views show aircrew on oxygen at altitude in their respective crew stations inside a B-24. Some scenes, showing gunners firing at a German fighter aircraft, are actually filmed from inside a B-17 (and show B-17 empennage, as viewed from waist gunner position, looking aft). While under attack, one German pilot drops his landing gear to slow down and bails out. Bombs dropping from aircraft and exploding on the German factory at Gotha. Narrator notes that the U.S 392nd and 445th Bomb Groups were decorated for this successful raid. (World War II period).
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