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Lieutenant Hamilton calls OSS cadets' names and gives instructions during their training in the United States.

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.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058171
OSS Cadets learn about marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and first aid during their training in the United States.

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.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058173
U.S. citizens send still photographs taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris of the OSS in the United States during World War 2

U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II. Employees sorting still photographs sent by the public. Various pictures showing foreign harbors and coastlines. Colonel L.E. Norris of the OSS examines the photographs at his desk. The employees examine filmstrips and photographs at a desk.

Date: 1942
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058205
OSS personnel being trained for underwater demolitions as they learn to shoot and operate radio in Nassau, Bahama Island (WW2)

A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel lined up on the beach as they stand at attention. The personnel get down on the beach. They don swimming gear and put on oxygen masks. Oxygen valves being opened and flow being controlled. The personnel on a boat and they get into the water. The personnel on the beach as they learn to handle different types of demolitions. Men carry a pole and move into the sea. The personnel seated on the beach take lessons. They shoot pistols at targets. They get trained in operating a radio to call mother ship in case of an emergency. The personnel carrying receiver sets as they learn to operate them. A personnel works on a radio set.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059243
OSS personnel train to solve night problems in Nassau, Bahama Island (WW2)

A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel of the Lamberston Underwater Diving Unit as they are being briefed about night problems. Men row a boat to point A and attach swim fins and bay units. They get underwater and swim. They keep a check on a compass to ensure the correctness of the course. The personnel get onto the boat and head for the beach.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059245
The OSS personnel trained at a training camp in Cairo, Egypt.

Operations at the British Political Warfare Executive (PWE) School in Cairo, Egypt. View of the OSS headquarters and the training camp. The Chiefs of Staff arrive at the training camp. They discuss in the office. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) personnel undergo training for morale operations activities in the Balkans. A soldier rests in his tent. Trainees work in calisthenics, history, geography, language, radio broadcasting and monitoring. They attend the lectures. They also work in propaganda leaflet composition, portable printing press operation, interrogation techniques, vehicle operation and maintenance. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045520