Office of Strategic Services officers on a military mission in Burma during World War II. Clouds in the sky. Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft in flight. Aerial views of mountains. Interior of the aircraft shows OSS officers in parachute harnesses. The DC-3 aircraft in flight. Aerial views of the ground and the mountains.
Office of Strategic Services officers on a military mission in Burma during World War II. OSS officers in parachute harnesses board a Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft. A personnel boards with a crate. An officer adjusts the position of a gun at a window of the aircraft.
Office of Strategic Services officers on a military mission in Burma during World War II. Douglas DC-3 transport aircraft in flight. OSS officers jump from the DC-3 transport aircraft. Parachutes descend. Interior of the aircraft: OSS officers look out from a window. An officer loads gun shells into guns. DC-3 transport airplanes fly over a forest area. Aerial views of mountains and the ground. Interior of the aircraft shows the officers standing at the door of an aircraft and dropping supplies via parachute.
Public service announcement to be shown to American citizens going to move theaters during World War II. U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services, precursor to Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovan asks the public to send in vacation photographs taken abroad. Narrator explains that photos of overseas ports, docks, railroads, and places of strategic importance in cities can be useful for the U.S. war effort (for intelligence and targeting purposes). Women workers remove pictures from mail sacks, view them for useful information, and sort them. Men examine images by magnifying glasses. Closeups of example photos are shown. Colonel L. E. Norris takes a look at photographs at his desk and holds up a card with his name and address. Narrator invites viewers to send photographs to Colonel Norris as a civilian contribution to the war effort and says, "it's one way you can help win the war."
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II, to assist in war planning and intelligence. Passengers arrive. Cameras on a conveyor belt. Passengers on a ship. Colonel L. E. Norris of the OSS sorts war photographs in his office. Employees examine film strips and photographs. OSS staff watches a movie. Still photographs of various locations including the Solomon Islands.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II. Employees sorting still photographs sent by the public. Various pictures showing foreign harbors and coastlines. Colonel L.E. Norris of the OSS examines the photographs at his desk. The employees examine filmstrips and photographs at a desk.
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