OSS TRAINING IN MIDDLE EAST Part 1

Description

Training Film: Training of OSS agents and radio operators during World War II for operations in the Balkans area. Scenes of OSS headquarters, radio station, and training base at Cairo. Agents are trained in mapping, compass reading, close combat, weapons firing, and demolition; radio operators are trained in telegraphy, code, and field reporting. Describes the field activity carried on by agents, and the relationship between that activity and full-scale military strategy. Includes brief scenes of Marshal Tito and his Partisans.

Collection

Records of the Office of Strategic Services

Series

Training Films, Instructional Films, and Film Reports Relating to World War II