European Jewish refugee men and women arriving in Palestine from Europe after World War II. Jews carry their luggage while entering a train station. Officials inspect the papers of a Jewish couple. A crowded train platform. Platform signs written in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. One sign mentions the Algerian city of El Kantara. Jewish women boarding a train. A woman says good-bye to a child on the train. A couple and their child smiles from the train window. Train departing from the station.
Jewish refugee men and women and children from Europe leaving a Palestine train station for cities in Palestine after World War II. Jewish men and women crowd the platform of a train station. They form a line as officers inspect their papers before boarding. A man on the platform speaks to a woman with children looking from the train window. An old Jewish woman walking on the train platform. Passengers begin to board the train. View of the steam locomotive train before departure. Men taking their luggage and belongings on the platform. A woman says good-bye to a child on the train. Another woman says goodbye to a man. Station officers and civilians from the platform watch the train leave the station.
An Arab shepherd tends his grazing goats as convoy of trucks passes on road behind him. Military trucks transporting World War II European Jewish refugee passengers drive on the road. Jewish women and men climbing down from the back of truck outside a train station. Passengers carry luggage. Crowds of Jews enter the railroad train station. British troops stand on guard. Jewish passengers board a train. Jewish men smiling. Jewish men and women waving good-bye as they leave the station platform. A man waves his hat as he departs the platform. Happy passengers wave their hands inside the train. An officer inspects the papers of a Jewish woman before boarding. A young Jewish girl holding on to wooden half-door. Two photographers use their cameras to take pictures.
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.
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Mediterranean training center in Cairo, Egypt at the Villa Abaza during World War 2. A car pulls in front of the building. OSS agents and radiomen in training attend a class. An instructor shows a large map of the Balkan region. Another professor points to a map of Italy. A trainee answers the professor. Trainees examine a map together. OSS trainees study land surveying outdoors.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agent training in the Middle East during World War II. Students practice close combat methods outdoors, with a karate chop dispatching the opponent. An instructor holds a knife while teaching knife attack. A diagram behind shows figures attacking German soldiers with knife. Another instructor teaches trainees how to use a .45 caliber handgun. Brief shot showing application of disguise. OSS agent trainees attend a class on sabotage and demolitions of enemy installations.
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