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.
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.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) radio operator training in the Middle East during World War II. OSS radio operator trainees attend a lecture. Trainees watch an OSS training film on “Strategic Services Transmitter Receiver Number 1”. An instructor teaches a class on secret codes. Radio trainees in telegraph class. Several Keyer TG-10-F morse code practice machines built by Gray Manufacturing play black messages while radio operators wearing headphones interpret coded results.
Training film shows United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents arrive in Greece during World War II. A United States bomber flying low at night as two OSS spy agents parachute from the bomber. An OSS spy looking at harbor through a pair of binoculars while hiding behind bushes. View of Greek harbor. An OSS agent rummages through file cabinets at night. Two OSS agents communicate via radio inside their room. A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber air drops canisters of supplies at night. Canisters with parachutes fall to ground. Greek partisans resistance fighters run with guns and assume prone position on the ground. View of railroad switch yard before simulated explosion from sabotage.
World War II OSS training film shows sabotage. Dramatization. OSS spy agents discuss plans before a mission. An OSS agent dressed as a mechanic enters a factory. The spy opens his toolbox, pulling out demolition supplies. A factory exploding.
OSS agents on a fishing boat leaving dock. Marshal Tito at Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans (also known as Tito’s Cave) in Drvar, Yugoslavia in World War II. Close up of Josip Broz Tito. Yugoslav Partisans soldiers marching on a field.
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