OSS or Office of Strategic Services officers on a mission in the Middle East during World War II. A jeep drives to a communication transmitter located at Kilo 13 outside Cairo, Egypt. An officer seated in a jeep talks to a personnel. Personnel work at a station. The jeep drives 3 miles away to a receiving station. Chief of Communications Major Porter. Personnel work at the stations. A jeep and a truck driven towards Security Officer Training Camp which is 164 miles north west of Cairo. The camp area and tents. Cadets move towards the tents.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent training in the Middle East during World War II. Students practice close combat methods outdoors, with a karate chop dispatching the opponent. An instructor holds a knife while teaching knife attack. A diagram behind shows figures attacking German soldiers with knife. Another instructor teaches trainees how to use a .45 caliber handgun. Brief shot showing application of disguise. OSS agent trainees attend a class on sabotage and demolitions of enemy installations.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) radio operator training in the Middle East during World War II. OSS radio operator trainees attend a lecture. Trainees watch an OSS training film on “Strategic Services Transmitter Receiver Number 1”. An instructor teaches a class on secret codes. Radio trainees in telegraph class. Several Keyer TG-10-F morse code practice machines built by Gray Manufacturing play black messages while radio operators wearing headphones interpret coded results.