A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. A well dressed man, with a suitcase in hand, walking on a desolated road. A car passes. Man reaches railway station, crosses railway tracks. A moving train is seen. Interior of train, man seated with other passengers. A uniformed ticket checker comes and checks man's ticket along with others. A busy city street is shown. Man approaches a machinist's shop named 'George Durand Machinist'. (World War II period).
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Two men in apron can be seen working in a kitchen and talking. A well dressed man steps out of a tram, starts walking. The man checks out various hotels and houses from outside, meets a lady in alleyway. Finally he enters a hotel named 'Europa Hotel'. View of boat moving in water. A man and a woman sitting in a restaurant and talking, A man sitting alone on a different table. Woman leaves the man and sits with the other one. They talk. (World War II period).
A World War II dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Codes written on paper, decoded into a message. Two men in a discussion in an office. Scenes of the character called Agent Charles, being chased by a Nazi German policeman. Two more decoded messages are seen, final message from Agent Charles saying that he is being followed and so should stop further communication for a time being. The movie ends. Views of training room of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) where the trainer is addressing the trainees about their upcoming experiences in recruiting, training, and handling agents in covert operations.
Film begins showing a passenger train moving through landscape, empty except for some cattle grazing. The setting is Texas, the United States, during World War 2. A young boy is on the train, wearing a a British school uniform (or possibly Norwegian school uniform), with short pants. He sits with his knees up, reading a book about the American West. Other books about the West are on his seat. Scenes from movies of the West that are in the boys mind are shown. They show vintage western film reenactments of stage coaches being defended; cowboys riding en masse; cowboys fighting Native American Indians; teams of horses pulling stage coaches; gun fights in various places; exterior of the "Last Chance Saloon"; and a cowboy riding a bucking horse in a saloon. As the train arrives at his destination, the boy readies and leaves the train. A man in a 10 gallon hat meets him and shakes his hand. Camera pans over landscape containing a single ranch or farm house. The boy is seen running all around the property. A tractor pulls a disc cultivator over some of the land. Now dressed in a western hat and long pants, his host takes him to meet one of the ranch hands who is working on an automobile. They walk by a man driving a tractor. Next they visit a man shoeing a horse. They wave at some men using hand tools to cultivate some crop. They walk past a tall windmill. Cattle are seen grazing in a field. After their exploration, the Host sits on a porch as the boy reads more information in a book. Another view of grazing cattle. A lone cowboy on a horse looks over the land.
Film begins showing a man riding a horse past some cattle grazing, in Tex during World War 2. A large windmill is turning nearby. A boy visiting from England, dressed in western clothes, waves to the rider as he enters an enclosure. The boy envisions the cowboy wearing a six gun. He rides alongside the cowboy as they go to inspect and repair barbed wire fencing. Closeups of barbed wire fence and cattle grazing in various areas. The cowboy, wearing a gun belt, uses the but of his pistol to hammer on a fence post. The two ride to an area labeled: "Check Plot No. 5." The cowboy climbs through barbed wire fence into the area where he takes and records measurements. Next, men are seen riding on harvesters, pulled by horses, cutting grasses. Another rides a tractor pushing a pile of harvested grasses atop a screen through which it passes onto a larger pile. The young boy sits on his horse looking glum. Next, cowboys begin a roundup of cattle. A horse-drawn wagon passes by, filled with harvested grasses. The driver throws lots of it on the ground to provide fodder for cattle when snow prevents them from normal grazing.
At beginning, film shows wild horses being herded into a corral on a ranch and farm in Texas, during World War II. Cowboys select several horses for "breaking." A cowboy adjusts a saddle on a horse. He then goes to a fence where a visiting boy from England sits. He helps the boy to mount the horse. The boy rides out of the ranch enclosures with several cowboys. Cattle grazing on the sparse land. A cowboy watching over the herd. Cowboys setting up a camp with horse-drawn wagons and cooking supplies. They take food and coffee cooked over an open fire. Closeup of one sitting and eating from a metal plate. Others also eating their meals.
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