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Segment of U.S. Information Agency film about its so-called "Operation Vagabond."
Film about USIA "Operation Vagabond," employing Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC Courier WAGR-410). View of the "Courier," at sea. It is bristling with antennas, and displaying numerous flags, permitting it to operate in many territorial waters. View from her deck to land on the Island of Rhodes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. View of sign over a ship's hatch, reading,"Relay Broadcast Receiving Room." Inside, two crew members are seen operating equipment that instantaneously re-transmits Voice of America broadcasts. A sign "On Air," is illuminated in the compartment. Operators seen adjusting various pieces of broadcast equipment. Back on deck, camera focuses on a helium-filled balloon, holding the ship's transmission antenna, aloft. View from another ship, of the "Courier," and the helium balloon, in the distance. Illustrated chart shows fractions of VOA listeners behind the "Iron Curtain," and in mainland China. Cartoon illustrating penalties for VOA listeners. Polish escapee, interpreter, Jan Hajdukiewicz, is seen broadcasting on VOA microphone. He fled the Communist delegation during Korean truce talks at Panmunjom.
Greek children being released at the Greek- Yugoslavian border under the aegis of Red Cross.
Greek children being released along the Greek Yugoslavian border. Men at the Greek Yugoslavian border as Greek children captured by the Red guerrillas during the civil war are released under the aegis of the Red Cross. Children and woman loaded onto a vehicle. A girl thanks Colonel De mellow. Children hold apples and oranges and wave after being released from captivity.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent factory sabotage (WW2)
World War II OSS training film shows sabotage. Dramatization. OSS spy agents discuss plans before a mission. An OSS agent dressed as a mechanic enters a factory. The spy opens his toolbox, pulling out demolition supplies. A factory exploding.
German troops patrol captured Crete, and round up British troops as prisoners of war (WW2)
German campaign in Crete during World War II. German troops patrol the captured city of Crete. German soldiers in military vehicles drive on a road. German soldiers capture surrendered British soldiers with their hands held high. The British prisoners of war are seen being marched on a beach. British soldier prisoners of war wait on beaches and in encampments under Nazi German guard. A German officer reviews documents. German forces hand out food to British prisoners and a German medic bandages the hand of a British soldier. Citizens in Crete gathered outside a hotel where German officers stand on balcony and address the crowd. German troops in the captured city setup gun emplacements to guard the city. Two mostly sunken ships off the coast of Crete.
Battle of Crete May 1941: German Junkers Ju 52 drop supplies and landing troops on Maleme Airfield
German airborne campaign against Crete in May 1941. German soldiers scan mountainous terrain through binoculars. German Junkers JU-52 transport aircraft in flight. Paratroopers descend. Supplies and equipment dropped from an aircraft. German soldiers open boxes. Junkers JU-52 parked on ground at Maleme airfield with soldiers in foreground. A German officer speaks to soldiers. Wounded German soldiers loaded aboard Junkers JU-52. (World War II period).
A German general visits wounded soldiers in a hospital and confers medals to soldiers following The Battle of Crete.
The Battle of Crete. An animation shows the island of Crete. Damage and wreckage in an attacked camp. Dead soldiers. Damaged vehicles. German troops march on a road. British flag brought down and German flag hoisted. Soldiers salute German officer. German officers look at a map on a table. A German General visits wounded soldiers in a hospital. He confers medals to the soldiers. The general pays homage to dead German soldiers. An epitaph on a German soldier's tombstone. (World War II period).
