OSS agents in Egypt select appropriate clothes for their spy mission to Europe during World War 2. An OSS agent rummages through a trunk of clothes. An OSS officer hands out forged passports and documents to the two agents. Agents receive last minute instructions from officer pointing to map on the wall.
United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents relaying reports via radio to high command in Egypt during World War II. Animated map shows radio waves from the Balkan region reaching Cairo. Radio towers at Huckstep station inside Camp Huckstep. Radio operators pick up radio signals in control room. A radio operator takes message to his colleague. High command officers deliberate plans in Europe before a large map. United States Army Air Force 15th Bombing Command bombardiers and pilots attend a briefing with officer pointing to maps. Ground control radio operator gives commands at air field. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and then taking off from airfield, including one dubbed, "Ready, Willing, and Able" and another named "Strawberry Bitch." Bombers in formation overhead. Close up of a hand of bombardier pushing bomb release button to drop bombs. Close up view of bombs dropping out of open bomb bay of B-24. View of bombs dropping over what narrator claims to be a Balkan city. Aerial view shows thick smoke covering the bomb sites.
Early civilian air travel with Junkers passenger aircraft in Northern Europe. A Junkers F 13 plane in flight. Aerial view of Riga as seen from an aircraft approaching for landing. Bridges, palaces, and lakes are also seen. Horse drawn carriage cross a bridge in Riga (present day capital of Latvia). Boats docked along Riga port. A Latvian mailbox for airmail reads “Gaisa pasts. Correspondence.”. A woman drops letters on the mailbox outside a building.
Early civilian air travel with Junkers passenger aircraft in Northern Europe. A Junkers plane in flight. View of Rival or Reval (present-day Tallinn, Estonia). A Junkers F 13 seaplane landing and skimming across the water. The Brick Gothic Tallinn Town Hall (Tallinna raekoda 10146 Tallinn, Estonia) and the market square. View of road through gate in Tallinn’s medieval City Wall.
Early civilian air travel in Northern Europe. Aerial view of a strait and island (probably Suomenlinna) near Helsingfors or Helsingford (present-day Helsinki), Finland. Boats docked in Helsingin satama (Port of Helsinki) with Uspenski Cathedral (Kanavakatu 1, 00160 Helsinki, Finland) in background. View of Market Square (Eteläranta, 00170 Helsinki, Finland) with Uspenski Cathedral and Tsarina's Stone in background.
A Junkers F 13 plane in flight. Aerial view of Munich, Germany. The Frauenkirche, the Justizpalast, Bayerische Staatsoper, and other landmarks are seen from the aircraft in flight. The Nymphenburg Palace (Schloß Nymphenburg 1, 80638 München, Germany) as seen from a flying aircraft. Plane approach Schleissheim airfield, near Munich. Trans-Europe Union Lines Junkers F 13 passenger planes parked in the hangar of Schleissheim airfield. A group of men push a Junkers F 13 aircraft out of the hangar.