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Training film shows importance of cryptographic security in sending military messages (WW2)

A United States WWII era training film about cryptographic messaging. Many tanks seen driving on a field as a fighter plane drops a smoke screen in front of them. Radio towers. Teletype operator typing. The words "Message Center" overlaid on view of War Department building. Speeding motorcycle on road at night. Major Doyle hands paper to soldier at his desk and says, "rush these priority messages by radio." Doyle instructs officers as he leads them into a secure gated officer and points to safes on wall next to men working together as a cryptographic team. He notes that, "we must assume that every message we send out...may be intercepted by a potential enemy." View of a spy listening on a radio at night. Doyle continues, saying, "the enemy is quick to take advantage of our mistakes...." Doyle describes the difference between secret, confidential, and restricted government information.

Date: 1941
Duration: 6 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038287
Army officer explains the drafting process of cryptographic security in terms of sending military messages

United States army officer explains the method of drafting a cryptographic message to officers at a message center in United States. He provides guidelines for preparing a concise message as a man paraphrases a cryptographic message.

Date: 1941
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038288
Officers read and then burn secret cryptographic messages during WW2.

United States training film about handling of cryptographic messages during WWII. Colonel receives secret documents in his office. Hand stamping of documents with word, "SECRET" View of warning page reads in part, "THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN" A message center envelope is opened and then given to several different officers. Colonel sitting at his desk tears and burns a paper message and throws it into an ash can. Major Doyle reads sample secret message saying, "D-Day is 30th of October...." A soldier burns a paper message and stirs the ashes in his ash can. Colonel opens a secret message and then looks in a file cabinet. He burns a paper message. Major Doyle warns that "cryptographic and clear text versions are never pursed together in the same file" as he leads officer into a secure office and locks a steel gate behind them.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038289
A Soviet agent tries out for position of the defector against American Air Force voice communication

A film titled 'With enemies like you who needs friends' explains scope of enemy effort against United States Air force voice communications. An enactment shows a Soviet agent invited by United States Air Force to tryout for position of defector. The agent receives intelligence information over the phone. Exposes Soviet techniques for intercepting voice communications.

Date: 1974
Duration: 22 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038304
Vulnerabilities of United States Air Force communication systems

United States Air Force retired Major General Barry Goldwater explains the role of voice communication and the importance of ensuring its security followed by a film titled ' The third man is listening' The film shows the vulnerabilities of United States communication systems. An Air Force officer explains enemy capabilities for acquiring intelligence through interception of these communications.

Date: 1974
Duration: 6 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038305
U.S. Air Force film about the threat of communications intelligence gathering by Communist nations

After showing several Russian signal intelligence sites, a map, centered on the North Pole, depicts numerous forms of communications facilities and antennas. An animated map depicts what it calls the world-wide communist communications intelligence (COMINT) threat, comprised of fixed sites, trawlers, airborne, submarine, and satellite platforms. Then several types of facilities are shown. The film narrator, a U.S. Air Force Colonel in short-sleeved summer uniform shirt, is then seen as he mentions diplomatic posts around the world that also serve as intelligence gathering sites. Aerial views, from overflying helicopter, of Washington, DC, and environs, including the Capitol, Federal buildings, and the Pentagon. Map showing Soviet Military Attache Office, Soviet school, Soviet Embassy, and the Pentagon, together with the telephone trunk lines serving them. Another map displays microwave links in the Washington area. View of the residence of the Russian Ambassador, at 1125 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The radio antenna on the roof of the building. Images of "Krug" signal gathering sites, and map of their locations in the Soviet Union., Map of USSR communications intelligence threat in Asiatic-Alaskan area. Innocent-appearing fishing trawlers used by Soviets to intercept communications. A Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft, equipped for signal intelligence collection, is seen in flight. Closeup of the aircraft tail. Views from an aircraft flying around the Tu-95. Animated illustration of earth rotating in space and of satellites passing over it. Map of Cuban COMINT threat. Polar-centered map showing Chinese and North Korean communications intercept installations. U.S. intelligence aerial photograph of a site in China, across from Taiwan. Map of COMINT threat sites in Southeast Asia.

Date: 1974
Duration: 4 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038306