A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. A well dressed man, with a suitcase in hand, walking on a desolated road. A car passes. Man reaches railway station, crosses railway tracks. A moving train is seen. Interior of train, man seated with other passengers. A uniformed ticket checker comes and checks man's ticket along with others. A busy city street is shown. Man approaches a machinist's shop named 'George Durand Machinist'. (World War II period).
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Two men in apron can be seen working in a kitchen and talking. A well dressed man steps out of a tram, starts walking. The man checks out various hotels and houses from outside, meets a lady in alleyway. Finally he enters a hotel named 'Europa Hotel'. View of boat moving in water. A man and a woman sitting in a restaurant and talking, A man sitting alone on a different table. Woman leaves the man and sits with the other one. They talk. (World War II period).
A World War II dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. Codes written on paper, decoded into a message. Two men in a discussion in an office. Scenes of the character called Agent Charles, being chased by a Nazi German policeman. Two more decoded messages are seen, final message from Agent Charles saying that he is being followed and so should stop further communication for a time being. The movie ends. Views of training room of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) where the trainer is addressing the trainees about their upcoming experiences in recruiting, training, and handling agents in covert operations.
'Rain for the Earth' : A documentary on emergency relief activities by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) in drought areas of the Great Plains during the Great Depression. Drought affected areas of the west and southwest in the Dust Bowl. Dark wind clouds in the sky drop burning dust. Dry land and parched soil. Dry water holes. Grasshoppers on dry grass blades, dry trees and dead corn stock. A dust storm raging. The storm engulfs the landscape including houses and roads. Cars and pedestrians on the road during the storm. Women and children fight their way through the blinding dust as they take the cattle for grazing. A farmer and his son observe the dry straw in the fields. The farmer takes the dust in his hand and lets it fly away with the wind.
Drought affected areas of the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl in the U.S. Abandoned farms. Children outside a house. Traditional houses held together with grass roots. A child draws drops of water from a hand pump. A damaged deserted barn and rampages farmyards. Open windows and doors of abandoned houses swing with the wind. Abandoned farm implements and equipment rust in the sun. A wind mill at a farm. Cattle drink water from a well. A cow with her suckling calf.
Drought affected areas of the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl in the U.S. Dry, parched land. Shepherds with their sheep. A wind mill at a farm. Sheep ranchers draw water. A rancher with barrels of water in a cart. He pours water into a trough for the sheep. Sheep drink water from the trough. Birds on parched ground. A farmer couple haul water from distant places in a horse cart. They pour water from barrels into a tub. Cows drink water. Ranchers on horses with a herd of cattle on dry land. The herd and cars pass through the town. Ranchers herd the cattle into rail cars to be transported to greener pastures. The train begins its journey. 'Trail City, Post Office' sign on a building. A notice by the Township Board regarding the use of water from the relief well. Men, women and children line up and draw water from the relief well. The water carrier or delivery man goes door to door to distribute water. He takes water in a bucket from a carriage and pours in into a barrel outside a house. Men dig a deep well using equipment and machinery in search of water. A horse pulls to rotate the digging equipment.
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