Irish flag on an official Irish Government building. Irish Prime Minister Eamon de Valera working in office. Exterior of Fianna Fail-The Republican Party building in Ireland. Officials in a meeting, de Valera addressing. Pictures of important historic political leaders who struggled for independence of Ireland can be seen. Narrator discussing Ireland's decision to remain neutral in World War 2. A statue on the top of a building. Children filling water from a communal hand pump for a town. Views of country side, sheep grazing in Ireland
A dramatized documentary film titled 'Mission to Giessen'. Troops viewing a site through binoculars. A map showing 1st and 3rd allied army. Officials can be seen discussing. An OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent is sent to Giessen, Germany to obtain tactical intelligence needed for the juncture of the 1st and 3rd allied armies in Giessen during World War II. Trained agent is briefed and sent to German held territory via parachute.
World War 2 displaced Russian people gets off of railroad trains which are decorated with greenery and large pictures of Stalin. Russian men, women with their children and luggage waiting and relaxing on railway station. Two United States Army soldiers in conversation with a Russian woman holding an infant in her lap. Russians in an open field, relaxing and waiting for transportation to homeland. Soviet soldiers are also among the group.
Soldiers of 56th Armored Infantry Battalion in a ground in Wiesbaden, Germany. Some soldiers sitting, some marching, army band playing instruments. Field Marshal Montgomery and General Omar N Bradly troop the line of soldiers and presents awards. Motion picture photographers taking pictures. (World War II period).
United States Army personnel in a dramatized training session in United States. Colonel Robertson, Chief of School and Training at Office of Strategic Services explains personnel the preparation, arrival, establishment and 'prevalent cover' for secret agents. A movie made by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) "Undercover" (also known as "How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines") is presented to demonstrate how and why secret agents got exposed. Movie exemplifies the agents getting exposed because of inattention to details. A comparison between good cover and a bad cover is shown. Emphasis on proper mental attitude is laid by showing a mental attitude report of a student-Charles. (World War II period).
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents during World War 2. A German agent in a bar joins a group of three persons seated around a table. Agent calls the waiter. Both are in conversation. Waiter notices inconsistencies in what the customer said, leading him to believe that the man might be a Nazi German spy. Waiter is seen using a 1940s pay telephone. He calls the authorities to report his suspicion about the spy. Newspaper clippings shows 'The German Saboteur' with photo of the man captured.
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