United States Army personnel in a dramatized training session in United States. Colonel Robertson, Chief of School and Training at Office of Strategic Services explains personnel the preparation, arrival, establishment and 'prevalent cover' for secret agents. A movie made by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) "Undercover" (also known as "How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines") is presented to demonstrate how and why secret agents got exposed. Movie exemplifies the agents getting exposed because of inattention to details. A comparison between good cover and a bad cover is shown. Emphasis on proper mental attitude is laid by showing a mental attitude report of a student-Charles. (World War II period).
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Two officials in a conversation in an office. Views of a busy street, a statue on the road. A ship can be seen, people working on it. A glimpse of 'Sea Dive', written on the ship.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Two officials inspecting a stripped man. Person picks a suit form a wardrobe and gets dressed. Clothes and accessories are shown. Two officials in conversation in office. A person checking a document with the help of a magnifying glass.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. A German agent in a bar with a liquor glass and cigarette in a hand. He then joins a group of three persons standing, who then sits around a table. Agent gives a Canadian currency note to a bartender and leaves. A personnel comes to the bartender and compares the note with original note. Newspaper clippings shows that the agent gets arrested.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents during World War 2. A German agent in a bar joins a group of three persons seated around a table. Agent calls the waiter. Both are in conversation. Waiter notices inconsistencies in what the customer said, leading him to believe that the man might be a Nazi German spy. Waiter is seen using a 1940s pay telephone. He calls the authorities to report his suspicion about the spy. Newspaper clippings shows 'The German Saboteur' with photo of the man captured.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. An airplane in flight and a ship sailing. Two men shown in a conversation in a room. Views of night time, a well dressed man enters inside a house where another man is sleeping. He switches the light on, other man wakes up, then they talk. (World War II period).