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OSS and Burmese officers train Burmese students in machine gun firing and grenade throwing in Burma during World War II.

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Instructors and Burmese students on tracks in a clearing. The students at attention. The U.S. and Burmese instructors talk to the students. The e students get into a truck. The officers in a military jeep and the students in a truck leave the ground. They reach the firing range, get off, get into formation and salute the officers. The officers give instructions and mark their positions. The recruits are trained in machine gun handling and firing as well as grenade throwing. The American instructor demonstrates the correct standing position and handling of a machine gun. The students watch, learn and follow the instructions. The instructors watch as the recruits hold machine guns, take aim and fire at targets on the range. The American instructor watches as students throw grenades on practice targets. They throw the grenade and fall into the prone position. Burmese soldiers smile and salute.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021892
American and Burmese instructors train Burmese students in the uses of a compass and medical procedures during World War II.

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. The students learn the uses of a compass and medical procedures for helping wounded comrades. A Burmese instructor shows them a compass and demonstrates its uses. The students listen as he gives instructions. The instructor demonstrates the uses of a compass on a map on the table. A Burmese recruit stands on a table as another wraps a bandage around his foot to demonstrate medical procedures. An American instructor and the other students observe. The American instructor then demonstrates tying of a bandage around the head. The Burmese instructor guides the students to follow the same steps. The American instructor looks on as the recruits demonstrate plastering a broken arm. He guides the students.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021893
Burmese students perform strengthening exercises and train in handling and firing of rifles in Burma during World War II.

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese recruits assemble outside a thatched hut in the jungle. They perform strengthening exercises. A Burmese instructor trains the students in handling and firing of rifles. A student runs up a hill to place the practice target in position. Students in prone positions take aim and fire at the targets. Each student takes his turn. Burmese recruits lined up outside a thatched hut. An American instructor demonstrates the grenade throwing action. The students observe and follow the instructions.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021894
Students learn to send and receive Morse code messages from U.S. and Burmese instructors in Burma during World War II.

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Students learn to send and receive Morse code messages. American and Burmese officers train the students. The instructors and students in a field. They remove the equipment from bags and lay it out on the ground. Students set up the equipment and cables. One student uses headphones at a radio transmitter. They make adjustments to the equipment and set up the antenna. An American instructor guides and helps the students. Students operate telegraphs and write down the decoded massage. Students take turn to operate the telegraph. The instructor supervises and check the students' messages. A Burmese instructor demonstrates and helps students set up the equipment.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021895
Burmese students learn to disassemble and reassemble guns from U.S. and Burmese instructors in Burma during World War II.

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese students learn to disassemble and reassemble weapons. A Burmese instructor with the students around a table. A disassembled gun on the table. The instructor demonstrates reassembling of the gun as students watch. He fills the cartridges into the magazine and assembles all parts of the gun. Another instructor helps the students follow the procedure. A student reassembles a gun at the table. Others look on. The instructor guides them.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021896
Burmese students learn mortar firing techniques from U.S. and Burmese instructors in Burma during World War II.

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese students learn mortar firing techniques. The students set up a practice target in a field. They line up. U.S. and Burmese instructors train and supervise the training. They take measurements and plant the assembled bipod at various spots. The students watch and learn as the instructors demonstrate mortar firing. An American instructor load shells, fire the mortar, and takes the post-fire position. Students look through the sight unit, take aim, load shells and fire mortars. One student looks through binoculars. Explosions in the field. The students learn to disassemble the mortar. They pack up the parts and move across the field. The students take down the practice target and wind up.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021897