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Major John Vassos talks to recruit at the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) headquarters in Cairo, Egypt (WW2)
Animated map shows the spread of Nazism in Europe during World War II. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) headquarters and Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt. Also known as the “Spy School” the training center is a lavish royal palace known as the “Ras el Kanayas”. Colonel Toolman and the OSS Middle East theater staff planning special missions for the penetration of the Balkan region. Colonel reads a map on the table. Other staff members beside him read reports. A large map of Europe is seen behind the OSS staff. OSS Schools and Training Commanding Officer Major John Vassos screens a candidate during recruitment. Major John Vassos hands over a list of requirements to the candidate.
Scenes along shore of the Suez Canal in Egypt from ship enroute to Yalta Conference (WW2)
What appears to be a military encampment on shore of Suez Canal, in Egypt, during World War II. People outside tents along the Suez Canal. Railroad train behind the camp. Large homes in a neighborhood. A water tower and a playground for children. Egyptian women and children at canal edge, watching as ship passes.
Fliers from Desert Yacht Club with their cars with sails attached in Abu-Sueir, Egypt.
Fliers from Desert Yacht Club with sails attached to the cars in Abu-Sueir, Egypt. Man drives a motor car with a sail. Motor cars with sails drive away.
The Suez Crisis. British forces prepare to engage Egypt.
Suez crisis. Ships at port in Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt. Aerial views of region. boats maneuver around two sunken ships. British Landing craft grouped at port. British troops in full battle gear, march at port. Other British soldiers sort out artillery pieces and load munitions on trucks. Egyptian men mill about in street where two soldiers are seen. Aerial view of ships moving in canal.
Invasion of Egypt during the Suez Crisis
Film opens with aerial views of City of Suez and environs during the invasion of Egypt by Israel, Britain, and France, to seize control of the Suez Canal and overthrow Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in 1956. At TC:00:24 is an aerial view of two ships scuttled by the Egyptians in Port Said at the entrance to the Suez Canal. Many ships are seen in Port Said, itself, including a large British landing craft (L9006). Glimpse of British sailors on the landing craft with Union Jack waving above them. Formations of British soldiers, wearing Balmoral bonnet headgear, marching inland from the port. Area of the port covered with artillery pieces and war materiel being loaded into trucks. Closeup of British soldiers loading shells and ammunition into trucks. Egyptian men mingling on the streets of Port Said. A British soldier and an officer are seen amongst them. Low altitude aerial view of the Suez Canal. View of ships at entrance of the Canal in Port Said (with the scuttled ship blockade behind them) . A British Dido Class light cruiser is seen with the ships.
Supplies delivered through sea routes and air routes to fight British Eighth Army against Germans in El Alamein, Egypt.
Ships underway at sea bring supplies for British Eighth Army fighting against German forces in El Alamein in Egypt (World War 2). Map shows long sea and air routes to deliver supplies in Africa from U.S. and UK. African workers cut trees making it easier to handle supplies. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft in flight. Formation of aircraft over jungle. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel looks through binocular. Burning German tanks near El Alamein. Soldiers of British Eighth Army scan enemy positions.