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OSS Morale Operations led by American in Burma for psychological warfare to demoralize the Japanese troops.

OSS (Office of Strategic Services) film on Project Gold Dust gives details of the psychological warfare techniques used by OSS Morale Operations (MO) Unit and Kachin guerrillas in Burma during World War II to demoralize Japanese troops obstructing linkage to Burma and the Ledo Road. Kachin guerrillas including North Burmese killer tribesmen prepare for an operation. They are recruited, trained and led by an American officer. MO Detachment 101 troops. Burmese load shells, guns and artillery. 1st Field team of MO OSS personnel joins Detachment 101. An aircraft lands. The guerrillas board the aircraft and are transported all over Burma. Development of MO. A message from an American officer commanding a company of Kachin comes for Major Boldt. The message is dispatched to the Major and a distribution officer delivers it to the chief. A Production and Intelligence officer works. They discuss strategy about MO material best suited to reach the Japanese. The MO intelligence officer contacts Detachment 101 research and analysis branch. They discuss the accuracy and details of the operation. They go to interrogate a Japanese 18th Division soldier held prisoner. MO and the distribution officer discuss the strategy. Radio Major Haan consults Kachin. A detailed report is prepared and given to a pilot for dispatch. The message is given to Major Boldt. The MO staff at work. A lieutenant interrogates Japanese prisoners and gains their cooperation. The MO discusses Project Gold Dust. A forged surrender order to be given to Japanese. Production of the leaflets of forged order. Press prints the leaflets in the mobile production van. The leaflets are cut, dispatched and packaged. Burmese plant the forged order in a town. A lieutenant reads a report on the spread rumor. He talks to an Anglo Burmese woman. The rumor is spread in the town. Burma Jungle 101 patrol distributes the leaflets. A carrier pigeon for Major Boldt is sent. An aircraft arrives to pick up the prisoners who have surrendered.

Date: 1944
Duration: 17 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047213
Fire at the Roosevelt Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. Firemen and a Navy Helicopter rescue hotel guests.

A fire at the Roosevelt Hotel (The Carling, 31 Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202, United States) in Jacksonville Florida. Smoke comes out from the windows of the hotel. People come out from the windows to reach a ladder. The ladder reaches the 7th floor only. Firemen help the guests in the hotel to come out. People come down the ladder. A navy helicopter arrives for help.

Date: 1963, December 29
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047250
Top ranked table tennis players compete for the U.S. honors in New York City.

A table tennis tournament in New York City at the St Nicholas Arena. Top ranked players compete for the U.S. honors in ping pong. Spectators seated in the stands watch the players play. The players play the match and compete. A referee in a suit at each table watches the players and the scores. Views of star table tennis player Laszlo Bellak using his feet along his paddle for trick shots, and doing other ping pong tricks. A close up of a referee who keeps his eyes on a ball, moving quickly from side to side.

Date: 1946, March 20
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047265
The Sudetenland Germans welcome Hitler and German occupying military forces

The occupation of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia on 1st October, 1938. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a car. German troops and calvary units enter Sudetenland. Tanks pass through an arch expressing thanks for liberation. The citizens of Sudetenland greet the soldiers. Hitler in a car. The insignia of the Nazi Party in the background. A member of the local Nazi Party speaks to the people and turns to salute Hitler. Crowds are enthusiastic.

Date: 1938, October 1
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047337
Nazis complete occupation of Czechoslovakia and Adolf Hitler visits Prague

The occupation of the remainder of Czechoslovakia on 15th March, 1939 by Nazi German forces in World War 2. Newspaper headlines announcing the occupation. Nazi soldiers on motorcycles and bicycles on a village road in a late Winter snowstorm. Officers converse. They arrive in Prague with military vehicles. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's car exits the Prague Castle gates. The car moves through a crowded street. Hitler walks and talks with Nazi officials on the street and reviews wounded men. German military forces goose step in parade with flags and a band. German goosestepping troops march past equestrian statue of St. Wenceslas, in Wenceslas Square. Civilians watch. German Luftwaffe aircraft fly overhead in formation. German tanks parade through city streets.

Date: 1939, March 15
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047341
German troops attack defenders in Polish Post Office Building at Heveliunsplatz during the occupation of Danzig

Invasion of Danzig by the Germans on 1st September, 1939 during World War II. Citizens of Danzig read poster proclaiming Danzig a part of the Greater German Realm. People crowd outside a building. Nazi troops use field artillery and Steyr ADGZ M35 Armored car to attack Polish defenders housed in the Post Office Building at Heveliunsplatz. Sudetenland written on an armored vehicle. The building is severely damaged from German shelling. Hitler arrives at the Kroll Opera House, where the Reichstag is meeting. He steps from his car and walks very rapidly into the building. Some members of his entourage stumble to keep up with him. View of Hitler addressing the Reichstag about Danzig and Poland. German troops driving into Danzig in SD Kfz 7 half-tracks are greeted enthusiastically by the crowds.

Date: 1939, September 1
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047347