State Department Foreign Service officer Boris Hansen Klosson narrates anti-communist film during the Cold War. Klosson speaks about the divisiveness and infiltration by communists change the people’s psyche. “The ties that once bound people to each other is systematically severed. In a society pockmarked by unknown informers, suspicion came to replace friendliness” Klosson said. The communist system ensures the individual would feel isolated and helpless without the state. the individual is made to believe that their only choice is carrying the will of the communist state. “Submit or be crushed- This is the ultimate aim of the communist seizure of power” Klosson concludes. Closing slide reads “In our unrelenting fight against the poison of Communism, our greatest weapon is knowledge. The more we know about our enemy, the greater is our strength”.
Italian prisoners of war (POWs) volunteer for the Italian Service Units, as part of the Engineers Corps. in the United States during World War II. Italian POWs take an outdoor basic English class at a camp in North Carolina. A United States soldier serves as their teacher. Blackboard is written with “English Ciao”. A prisoner of war writes on the portable blackboard. Italian Service Units part of the U.S. Engineers Corps raise their hands. A prisoner of war volunteer salutes and shake hands with a United States Engineers Corps officer. ISUs are wearing American uniforms with the Italian Service Unit insignia (“Italy”) on brassard worn on the left sleeve and stitched onto the standard garrison cap. An Italian Service Unit volunteer uses a jackhammer to crush a block of stone. Two volunteers sawing a log. Other volunteers learn carpentry. Italian Service Units marching and stand at attention on the field inside a camp.
Slate reads “Secret”. A V-2 rocket launches from launch pad. A nighttime V-2 guided missile launching. Aerial view of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. View of the main entrance of the Air Materiel Command building of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Cars are parked near the building. Various buildings of the engineering division inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Three men enter the administration building of the Aero Med Lab, an engineering division laboratory. View of the Supply and test building. Officers (USAF) & civilians at meeting in above building. United States Army Air Force officers during a meeting. An officer points out item on chart of air-to-air missile.
United States Air Force officers during a meeting. An officer points to air-to-air missile on chart. An artist depiction of the supersonic United States Air Force Republic Hughes MX-904 Falcon air-to-air missile. Officers and civilians discuss during a meeting.
United States Air Force officers and civilians meeting. An officer points to surface-to-air missile on chart. An artist’s impression of the MX-606 guided missile releasing a stack in flight. The MX-794 missile is also known as Project Wizard.
United States Air Force officers meeting. Chart at meeting depicts a United States Army Air Force’s MX-776 supersonic air-to-surface missile in flight.
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