Military training of OSS cadets. Agents who are assigned a military cover during World War II, receive training provided by the Office of Strategic Services in the United States. The cadets learn to make their beds. An alarm goes off. The cadets wake up, dress, and turn up for physical exercises. The cadets do the exercises and calisthenics as taught by an instructor. The cadets in a chow line receiving a meal. They take food. They sit at a table and eat food.
Military training of OSS agents being assigned a military cover during World War 2. OSS Cadets in training by the Office of Strategic Services in the United States. The cadets march and drill as a sergeant teaches them. The cadets stand with rifles.They learn marksmanship, tactical field work and hand-to-hand combat. Soldiers attend a class to learn first aid for battle and non battle injuries via demonstrations, charts and training films.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headquarter installations in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. An officer enters through the main gates of the headquarters. Major Holocomb, Executive Officer Major Pfleiger, Chief of Mission Colonel Edward Glavin and Lieutenant Colonel Russell Livermore talk to each other. U.S. soldiers, tents and military vehicles at the headquarters. Two officers talk to each other.
A U.S. Army parachute training school camp in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. An Anglo American parachute school camp. Chief of Parachute Training Major Rucker poses. Major Rucker trains paratroopers. The paratroopers are inspected before boarding an aircraft. The paratroopers practice jumping from the aircraft.
A U.S. Army parachute training center in Algiers, Algeria during World War II. Paratroopers jump from a U.S. Army Air Force aircraft. The paratroopers descend from the aircraft. An aircraft taxis at a cargo drop training center. Aircraft drop parachute supplies over a field.
Planning of bombing raids on Emden, Germany by U.S. 56th Fighter Group in England during World War II. Presentation of awards to pilots including the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) to United States Army Air Forces Captain Gerald W. Johnson after the mission. Past events show an officer at a desk talking over a telephone. Officers marking bomber route and locations of AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery) on a wall map. Major General William Kepner pointing to the map. Teletype operators sending and receiving message. Personnel reading messages, marking routes on a wall map, setting up a room for briefing and making phone calls. Pilots relaxing, gathering around a blackboard as orders of flight are assigned.
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