A World War II U.S. Army training film titled, 'War Paint', demonstrates the use of war paint to disguise soldiers with white skin fighting in jungles against the Japanese. View of civilians from many different Asian countries, with skin tones that the narrator describes as ranging from almost black to light tan. Faces of different races of men found in the Burmese are such as Korean, Kachin, Chinese, Burmese, Nagas, and Japanese. Their skin tone is compared. Dramatization shows a Japanese sniper observes from behind a tree. He takes aim with his rifle on an oncoming group of American troops. He views a soldier with obvious white skin and fires a shot at him. The soldier falls. The narrator says that the soldier with an obvious white facestands out like a bulls eye, making him an easy target. Hand of the downed soldier. Stream of blood flows near the hand. Paint powder on a table. War paint is put in a mortar and mixed properly using a pestle. A parachute trooper descends into jungle terrain. Soldiers dissolves color powder between his palms and rubs it quickly on his hands. Other men, who are native student agents watch him apply the paint to darken his white skin. The agents are working with the OSS (Office of Stragegic Services, which was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) to assist American OSS agents and soldiers in the jungle.
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| Type | Size | Price (USD) Standard License |
Price (USD) Premium License |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD Master, Broadcast-ready (1920x1080, unmarked) | 2974 MB | $225.00 | $275.00 |
| HD Screener (1920x1080, full-res with timecode) | 2974 MB | FREE or $4 (see below) | FREE or $4 (see below) |
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