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Soldiers and people view wreckage after an Allied air raid in Hamburg, Germany.

Wreckage after an Allied air raid in Hamburg, Germany. Soldiers and people watch a building in flames. Searchers probe into debris. Dead and wounded are removed. Corpses are laid out in a huge hall. Interior of a wrecked building. Wrecked statues. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675045508
Chiefs of Staff advance towards the PWE camp in Cairo, Egypt during World War 2.

Operations at the British Political Warfare Executive (PWE) School in Cairo, Egypt. High altitude view of the city. Buildings and houses. A board reads: 'Sharia El Saleh Ayub'. Men walk outside a building. Joint Chiefs of Staff come out of the building. They discuss about the PWE camp. Chiefs in a jeep move towards the PWE camp. Panoramic views of Cairo, the pyramids and the sphinx. A board reads: 'PWE Military Training School'. Men walk with camels.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045519
The OSS personnel trained at a training camp in Cairo, Egypt.

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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045520
Lt Colonel John T Whitaker outlines OSS propaganda and psychological warfare operations during the allied invasions of Sicily.

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).

Date: 1944
Duration: 9 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045521
Narrative with illustrative scenes about Battle of Gotha, where U.S. B-24 bombers destroyed a German airplane factory.

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).

Date: 1944, February 24
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045545
B-24 aircraft in flight firing and bombarding over the target areas, Europe.

B-24 aircraft fires over the German oil fields and other target areas, Europe. Bombs dropped from the aircraft. Bomb strikes on rail road junctions and rail road yards. Explosion on the land due to the bombarding. Smoke arises. High altitude view of the bombarding. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045546