Military training of OSS cadets provided by the Office of Strategic Services in the United States, for agents who are assigned a military cover during World War 2. The OSS cadets get off a truck. Lieutenant Hamilton calls out the cadets' names. The cadets come and stand in one row. Lieutenant Hamilton gives them instructions. The cadets turn back and go away. They enter a building. They attend a lecture given by Lieutenant Hamilton.
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) Operational Group's assistance in helping to organize and coordinate anti-fascist, partisan activities in Italy during Cayuga Mission of World War 2. Operations Officer Albert Materazzi briefs the men of Operational Group (Cayuga Team) at OG (Operational Group) headquarters in Ciano, Italy. Cayuga Team members study the terrain in which they have to operate. Pilots who will fly in the Cayuga Team members are briefed. Cayuga Team members with their paratrooper packs board U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The C-47s taxi on an airfield. Aerial view of Italian terrain. Parachutists of Cayuga Team jump from C-47s in flight.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Operational Group's assistance in helping to organize and coordinate partisan, anti-fascist activities in Italy during Cayuga Mission of World War 2. A U.S. radio operator receives a radio message at Operational Group headquarters after Cayuga Team (OSS Operational Group members) are parachuted in a drop zone. An officer takes a look at the message detailing requirement of equipment needed for the mission. The material is loaded in waiting U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport airplanes. The C-47s warm up before taking off. They taxi and take off from an airstrip. Formations of C-47s. Parachute supplies are dropped in drop zones in mountainous terrain.
View of cold and snowy conditions in Leningrad during German siege of Leningrad in World War 2. A soviet soldier stands on a frozen river under a Russian bridge. Road is constructed over frozen Lake Ladoga in Leningrad, Soviet Union. View of plows and grading trucks clearing snow and preparing the road bed over ice. Convoys of trucks bring in food (a truck filled with butchered meat), oil fuel, grain, medicine and other supplies across Lake Ladoga for the people in Leningrad. Nazi planes drop bombs over convoy of supply trucks on Lake Ladoga. Bombs away views as bombs leave German bombers. Soviet anti-aircraft guns stationed on frozen Lake Ladoga fire at Luftwaffe aircraft. Railroad track laid over the ice of Lake Ladoga and freight train locomotive with sign "To the heroes of Leningrad" (translated) carries essential supplies across the lake. Russian civilians gather at train depots in Leingrad to offload supplies and to load sick and injured men, women, and children. A young Russian child bundled up on a sled at the train station. Soviet Russian soldiers in winter white camouflage charge forward on a battlefield toward German targets on the outskirts of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
Ice melting and water flowing as Spring comes to Leningrad following winter siege by Germany in World War 2. Crosses from Nazi graves wash away into streams. Convoy trucks continue to drive on the melting ice of Lake Ladoga. Group of children in Leningrad enjoy a walk outside. A child rides a tricycle. A woman washes windows of a trolley. Point of view (POV) shot of driving trolley in Leningrad, showing controls. People board trolley. Soviet women soldiers from Army and women sailors from women's Navy corps walking. Wide shot of Leningrad with trolley running. Dancers from the famous ballet theater board a Soviet battleship. Dancers perform traditional dances while sailors play violin and other instruments. Sailors watch as dancers leave ship in small boat. Woman spits on German prisoners of war POWs as they are marched through the streets of Leningrad. Soviet citizen soldiers or militia march in procession holding rifles with fixed bayonet.
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