Video

Final Exam

Catoctin Mountain Park

Transcript

In the final stages of training, the students are given night problems which are designed to correlate all they've learned of close combat, reconnaissance, pistol and knife technique and demolition. In every detail, the same care is taken to simulate combat conditions and each student is required to familiarize himself with the uniforms, signs and languages he will encounter in actual guerrilla raids overseas. Sound of snapping of twigs and person howling like a dog. People speaking German. Sound of frogs croaking. Sound of person howling like a dog. Sound of train whistle. Sound of rock rattling in can. Sound of person howling like a dog. People speaking German. Sound of person howling like a dog. Sound of breaking glass in a window. Sound of demolition. Sound of rapid gun fire. Sound of demolition. Sound of rapid gun fire. Sound of demolition.

Description

Actual footage from OSS training videos produced by John Ford.

Duration

2 minutes, 37 seconds

Credit

National Archives

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