Spy Training Film: House Search | WW2 Era OSS Film | ca. 1942 - ca. 1945
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This classic video - originally titled as "House Search" - is a dramatized spy training film produced by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the intelligence agency of the United States during World War 2, and the predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It was released between circa 1942 and circa 1945.
The film demonstrates proper and improper methods of searching houses, apartments, and hotel rooms for hidden information by contrasting the behavior of two fictional agents stationed in "a neutral capital in Europe." It shows creative ways to hide evidence of espionage activities, to trick counter agents so you know your place has been searched, to pass information to other agents in unsuspicious manner. It lists rules to follow during a house search, explains where to look for evidence, how to make it appear as if room has not been searched, what tools to have on hand and much more.
Plot:
The story begins with an American industrialist working in a neutral European country, who is working as an undercover OSS agent. He has hidden a purloined chemical sample and other info in his apartment, which is soon searched by an enemy agent, who knows a few things, but doesn't know enough to find what he's after. The tables are then turned and the enemy agent's rooms are searched by OSS operatives, who do a much better job finding secret information.
BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
Warrantless searches are searches and seizures conducted without search warrants. In the United States, warrantless searches are restricted under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, which provides that, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Espionage & Counterintelligence:
Espionage (colloquially, spying) is the obtaining of secret or confidential information without the permission of the holder of the information. Spies help agencies uncover secret information. Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome and in many cases illegal and punishable by law. Espionage is a subset of "intelligence" gathering, which includes espionage as well as information gathering from public sources.
One of the most effective ways to gather data and information about the enemy (or potential enemy) is by infiltrating the enemy's ranks. This is the job of the spy (espionage agent). Spies can return all sorts of information concerning the size and strength of enemy forces. They can also find dissidents within the enemy's forces and influence them to defect. In times of crisis, spies can also oblige to steal technology and sabotage the enemy in various ways. Counterintelligence is the practice of various means of thwarting enemy espionage and intelligence-gathering. Almost all nations have strict laws concerning espionage and the penalty for being caught is often severe. However, the benefits through espionage are often great enough that most governments and many large corporations make use of it to varying degrees.
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Spy Training Film: House Search | WW2 Era OSS Film | ca. 1942 - ca. 1945
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Ah yes, the old Bury-The-Money-In-The-Graveyard trick. Done it a few myself. Nobody notices the guy crawling among graves in the dark.
Wrong. Noone notices a man kneeling next to a grave no matter the time of day.
Use careful measurement to ensure the contents of the cabinet are exactly as they were. Then just jostle everything when you move the cabinet to check the wall behind it.
😂🤣😂
I saw that. 🤣
right idea wrong order :D
I laughed when I saw him with molten candle wax on his fingers wipe it all round the drawer
As a former pill addict who would quietly toss medicine cabinets in every house I visited, it’s gratifying to see these skills have other uses.
I can tell right now that I am not cut out to be a WWII house search spy.
I could deal with the stress of searching or being searched. But that whole going to cocktail parties and having to listen to endless small talk thing would drive me nuts.
I’m with you. I can’t find my own bloody stuff in my house 😂
@@claudiamanta1943Amen brother. Or then again, you come home and find that your wife has donated your hides as well as cleaned and replaced your candle.
No one is talking about how unbelievably satisfying and ASMRy this is
Everyone pointing out mistakes in the "good search" -- the one I noticed was flipping through a book, and then violently shaking it out. Imagine a trap as simple as "I put a scrap of paper on page 394."
Or trap every drawer with the ol' matchstick trick. There's no end to the deviousness if you want to go that way.
@@user-wv5fq8di2m Or hiding a trained monkey in the bedside cabinet to take a photo of the searcher
@@finncullen the old baboon bamboozle
Old educational films are surprisingly good. Actually more fun to watch than old movies for enjoyment. For that I'd rather watch slightly newer ones.
I'm no chemist, but didn't he just pollute whatever the secret chemical substance was, by pouring it into a bottle with the remnants of the medicine he just poured out?
"The server substance is...
Opioid-laced cough syrup and Teflon lubricant!"
lmao, got any?
I took chemistry courses and pouring unknown substance into a container that was not even washed and dried properly ruined the unknown.
I don't think you had to study chemistry to figure that out.
Wow, real OSS stuff. Thanks for the upload.
Doug Case, you are welcome.
(4:37) If our spy here was under observation from outside, he just gave the bad guys a pretty good suggestion for where to search first.
If they could see through walls, yeah.
@@bradmiller7486that’s a window
When I will move furniture, I will call OSS guys, they are careful
Lol
Eons ago, during my Junior High years, I was rather good discovering mother's Christmas gift hiding spots. Developed the ability to discover the contents of wrapped gifts too. Acting innocent at gift time... Mother knew one year. Brother and I failed hiding our doings. Those were the days!
Anyone else think the best hiding spot for that vial was the first one- the wine bottle?
Yes and whatever he emptied out of the bottle in the medicine cabinet would have been cross contaminated.
Anyone else rewatch this and the others for asmr?
absolutely
Yep
Yea
I'm here because of the Bond girls..
@@AllergicFungus do you prefer the videos that lick your ears?
I had spy tendencies as a teenager and didn't even know it lol! I had a job I didn't tell my parents about and it payed extremely well. I was worried about my parents finding the cash so I hid it in the woods in random places. I would get old soda cans, roll up a few hundred, crumple the can a bit, and toss it into the woods where I could find it later but was not noticeable to anyone else. Just looked like trash.
Good thing back then people didn't go looking for deposits to return to get their next hit of crack huh? HAHAHA
What kind of job did you have that paid hundreds?
@@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt yes, they did. Just not so much where I lived and they didn't venture in to the woods
@@JvS1711 I sold things that people wanted but couldn't get in the store. Or, I sold items to my peers that their parents did not allow them to have. We also had a military academy nearby and they bought all kinds of stuff
Contraband less than legal activity uhhh I think so Count Me In
A little silly to take the, what I assume is, pure chemical and mix it into a dirty cologne bottle.
Without even rinsing the bottle.
yup wrecked it
@@johannvonvictornova4730 you're an expert eh? get outta here 😂
@@JoeBlow-ub1us yup unwanted chemical reactions from cologne residue thus destroyed
@@johannvonvictornova4730 very specific lol
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16:50 "Plato's Republic for 5 bucks.": Meet me at the Republic Park at 5 O'clock. Heh-heh-heh!
Yeah, the secret chemical in the who-knows-what bottle, not smart. The thing is though, that trick with the toothpick is a trap that can't be put back, if done right, or even noticed. You would leave just the barest amount visible, so you can see it when you return. It doesn't have to be in the door either. Windows, drawers, cabinets, books, etc. They had know way of knowing for sure if they had sprung any. Could be a thread, hair, tiny shred of tobacco, etc.
Also, I think I could tell if a couple of guys had spent hours in my hotel room shortly before I returned. Body odour, and grooming product smells, (lighted match!) unless they aired out the room, but all that window opening stuff is risky too. Could be observed.
another interesting factor i am supposing that could be deployed is to put in a trap that not only could be obvious to the spy doing a search, but also is not fixable? Would there or could there be a reason to deploy such a trap if you know someone is or will be doing a search of your premises. So they know you know they are being searched?
@@manp1039 That would be silly. Richter's report shows that he hasn't an inkling that MacDermott is a spy. He surely thinks that devoting any more attention to him would be a waste of time. If Richter was shown a sign in flashing lights saying "I, MacDermott, am a spy," - as a trap such as you propose would effectively do - he would not and could not have formed such an opinion. Why would you want the enemy spy to know anything of what you know of him anyway?
@@manp1039 Give them an illusion of your mediocrisy in the spying hierarchy. Also, when you're travelling to the USSR with the pre-stated intention of preaching the greatness of Coca-Cola, and you know some poor underpaid fellow is bound to leave his body odour in your hotel.. room...
the chemical vial is likely an example of what it should be like when they cook it up with the instructions on the film. it doesnt have to be pristine. He likely didnt clean the cologne bottle so it still has left over cologne smell. It just smelled weird but didnt arouse suspicion from the search guy.
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Funny thing if when that guy sat on the bed - he heard the sound of potato chips or crackers, under the covers, being smashed ?
Doh ! Got trapped !
I thought these guys were professionals ?
Lol
But then he'd know the man is a trained OSS Officer, not a dopey oil man.
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That false panel can be noise filtered by stuffing it with cloth
Ooops ..gave you guys the wrong key ..it was Room 228 not 206. My bad.
Gentlemen we have been well trained for this hiding the porn stash
These films and their atmospheres are something else...for example, this film versus kill or be killed film...
Those two guy searching Richter's place better have gone light on the aftershave.
Ha! Missed the big CCTV camera in the corner with the big flashing LED.
today's spies have a whole other set of obstacles.. and it is not just laser light for detection. However, there are lots of new tools to use like microdrones, etc.
-Fries the microfilm with sunlight before the rain and wind blow it off the window
-Doesn't encode the message at all
-Doesn't hide the chemical sample in his ass
Also ohh them good ol' days of playing sandbox in a graveyard at night and not having ever heard the utterance of CCTV
Also, he's added impurities to the chemical by not as much even raising the cologne bottle
I agree. A short clip of the encoding process would have made a better story.
Well to be fair this predated CCTV by several decades. But I agree about the rest.
@@Sashazur That's my point what a time to be alive back when you could spit on someone and not get in trouble with DNA tracing lol
And didn't he leave the test tube in which he received the sample on the sink?
These people must have nerves of steel
Funny that the book name was "this Is it"
Amazing that superman comic was there, hard for me to imagine how old he is haha.
Height in centimeters, weight in pounds. Interesting
Yeah, dead giveaway right there. Gotcha.
Metric + Imperial Combo Unit
They serve delicious food in NEUTRAL COUNTRY, that's why he weighs 407.8 lbs!
oh shit, it was 430! he really loaded up.
Well, they were slowly converting to metric. Baby steps.
It might have been just an omission in the movie, but it seemed like Mcdermott didn't replace the cork on the bottle he opened. Not a serious mistake, but it might have alerted someone searching the flat that there was something amiss. Richter wouldn't have noticed though.
snubbedpeer I think that was deliberate... a trap, so to speak.
I was thinking that his secret fluid (already contaminated from the cologne) would evaporate away.
@@JohnDoeRando he also tiped the cork to an angle to the left.. had the cord not been tipped in the right direction, this too could have been part of a trap?
Hey ... the things you notice where done on purpose by the producers. In class the instructors would use the film to ask trainees what they saw was wrong then use that discussion as a training tool. So, you are correct.
Footprints on the carpet are a dead giveaway.
I used to hide hundreds of dollars in the weight canisters of my grandmothers pendulum clock, and that Secretary desk is missing the finnial at the top in the middle, usually they are removable and theres just a round hole in the pediment that the bottom of it slides into. Would be a good place to look. On the bottom of draws as well, usually at least an 1/8th of an inch difference between the draw bottom and the bottom of the draw sides... Just if anyone were interested.
Hiding anything in a book titled "This is it" is cheeky AF!
Always nod suspiciously after the pass
Great video, better to watch these videos now then when we get drafted
Poor Richter. Nobody to keep a lookout, no buddy to help him in the search. Maybe his handler didn't like him?
Poor old Richter! - at least he didn't have to expose himself to any more danger.
I seem to recognize the famous French singer Charles Trenet at the Baining in the dining room and on the radio at the end.
See you at the party, Richter!
He did the unarmed forces training.
Loooooooool
13:28 he pushes the chest over with the door, rookie. 😆
By end of WW2 American spies had got so bored they spent their time inventing ever more elaborate and complicated ways of passing a note between eachother
A time of innocence. Those two guys are leaving a trail of evidence. You'd think latex gloves at a minimum, also ditch the extraneous clothing (hats, suit jackets), no grooming products.
In that era, not wearing a hat, tie, and jacket would be a giveaway.
Hmm Heinrich looks suspiciously similar to Al from the spy training film about creating good cover
Jealous partners are thorough in their searches.
Now I know where to look. ;)
Neat! 😀👍
17:14 Tell me I’m going to see a cave in this park.
5:51 How to use a mirror to spot a surveillance team.
😂 right
a shirtless guy with a mic, bugs sure were big back then.
Ever since, as a young boy, watching James Bond placing one of his hairs across two bedroom closet doors before going out (Dr No?) I’ve been fascinated regarding this sort of thing!
Comforting to know:. Spies only search the top drawer!
Exactly. And not underneath or behind. No flashlight either.
can you imagine if there was a razor where they were sliding their hands underneeth.. would not bee good for the spy.. in today's world.. it would leave all kinds of DNA evidence as well as the spy could know their search has been compromised?? And the razor does not have to be obvious.. is could be a sharp cabinet nail that is jetting trhough on unner surface of the cabinet?
If they actually showed the full search it would be like half a day and theyd have a spotter outside and at his work place. Also it seems like the best place to hide might be in plain sight like in the crack of a floorboard or on the ceiling that needs a stool to get to painted over with chalk color a small thing like the film would be invisible. Only the most keen eyed or experienced would check every centimeter of the place. The more junk you clutter the place with the harder it would be to search it all. Hoarding random junk could be a valid tactic.
@@Andytlp The spies should see my trunk and my office workspace.
They'd be "Yeah, we looked. There's nothing there. Well, actually, there's everything there. Everything. No, I'm not kidding. There's no way of searching it without a team of 10, a Bobcat or small front loader, and maybe 150 boxes. Either that or someone's already tossed the place or is using it to store 10 others some stuff on top. Let them win the war. We're beat."
0:12 *gasps in the audience* 🍿 *crunching noises intensify*
Cool
Oh goody I love secret stuff
Lessons on where to hide your hooch
They did not remove drawers; hiding places behind. Ineresting film
He didn't wash out the bottle he put the ",chemical " in...possibly and probably contaminated his sample.
Nice of Mr. or Mrs. Mohn to give Mr. Mc Dermott that loan.
That book search is hilarious. He made every possible mistake he could. Not a good look with ‘casing a joint.’ He didn’t do well with the rest of his search either. Where did he learn this, at a three day seminar for wannabes?
Theres gotta be a better hiding spot for that microfilm
The first guy tried his best
5:23 😂😂😂 I’m dying here 🤣🤣🤣
What did he do with the test tube and not a good idea to mix chemicals
Every other mother of teenagers nowadays knows more subtle methods of searching their kid's rooms! ^^)
Apparently this was before fingerprints were a thing XD
This stuff always Reminds Me of My Years in the super secretive Australian Department of Defence, of Military Planning, Operational Logistics and other stuff I’m prohibited from specifically identifying, in the interest of Australian National Security.
Of the Australian Army attempting to Commission Me as a Colonel in the Military Police, of GCHQ (British Intelligence Service) attempting to Headhunt Me as an Intelligence Analyst and of My time in the Australian Protective Security Industry.
flexing
And this happens to be a coded instruction for GBH on a executionee...
Australia has an army? Crikey!
You're some super secret ubercool "if i told you I'd have to kill you" guy.
All this super secret training and they couldn't throw in a basic capitalisation course?
Not to mention your profile is literally an ID pic, with your name. Real good information security.
You're like Steven Segal.
Well? Tell a memory!!!
Welp, the sample of the formula now has the additional ingredients of a cough syrup. Piss-poor improvising, Agent Bonehead, now we're all screwed.
What was the point of the tooth pick in the door?
(16:00) Make yourself at home, why don't ya? Take off your jacket, kick off your shoes, encode a secret message, fix yourself a sandwich.
Love all the armchair James Bonds in the comments - "they'd never catch me like that, I'd pick up their DNA samples using my laser-belt-buckle, and would never leave a trace behind because I'm clever and have seen Mission Impossible 2 three times." Great information piece regardless of the comment section.
The East German Stasi would take polaroids before they searched so everything could be put back exactly where it was.
Smart
14:19 Mate, no. The spy is kinda into philosophy. Try Plato’s Republic. No, up. Up. The top shelf. Attaboy.
The microfilm contains the KFC secret spice list.
Dang it, I literally just stashed a key to my digital lock behind a frame in case the batteries run out and I'm locked out, now I gotta find a better place. The rock hide key thingy is played out.
Search for "lockpickinglawyer". His channel covers your model, or similar. Im certain.
0:06 Oh, wow 🤩 🍿🥤
6:10 that was really stupid the chemicals remaining in the bottle could interact with the processing chemical he poured in there, causing a reaction &/or making it & all the materials unusable
22:12 he leaves his notepad and matches behind
16:58 You just must be fucking kidding me. What did I tell you, eh?
There is one thing I really have to say: nowadays, when they make movies set in the 1940s or earlier, they get everything right-the costumes, the cars, and every detail-except the language. I hear a lot of casual English spoken that doesn't fit the time period being depicted. For example, I hear the expression "please don't be silly" used a lot in real older movies like this one. However it is non-existent in a movie that the setting is supposed to be from that era. Are the directors and producers intentionally making the dialogue sound present-day as an artistic choice, or is it a mistake on their part? If a movie is set in 1945, I want the actors and the language to sound exactly like it, as it throws me off.
Because, one thing I enjoy with older movies the most is the language.
1:20 LOOK AT THAT NOSE BOY!!! WOOOOO WEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Need an OSS course on hiding cash from a spouse.,
Mcdernit dint put the pipe back in the ashtray... wth
15:30 I love superman the ubermench
3:42 And the agent took his last breath 👃🏻💨 A very sad story.
Why is this blowing up on my feed?
Some spy 😂, he poured out contents of bottle but didn’t rinse the bottle before pouring the chemical in. Total contamination
5:19 best part
Looks like Pauly shore in the thumbnail
21:23 That film not only is heat proof, but it must have teleported itself from the outside of window rim. Unless the first agent moved it- to confuse you in spite for using him as a bad example. 🤣 … and changed the desk, emptied the bookcase. Its not nice to make fun of people… and the bloody bed, etc. Two different movies. Unless the agents are searching their colleague’s room. The plot thickens. 😮
You realise it's a different film than the one placed on the window rim right? The first guy, McDermott placed HIS microfilm on the window rim. Whereas RIchter's microfilm (the subject of the second search) was hidden inside the wax.
In these films, the characters always smoke cigarettes. Did the tobacco companies pay to have their products shown?
1:38 Perfect social graces. 100%
Man Richter is a dope
11:50 the spy is not wearing gloves & putting his fingerprints everywhere
The men in this film must be in their 60s today
They sure did leave allot of fingerprints...
Bro outplayed him and then snitched disrespectful
6:26 Leave the vial on the sink, mate. Your hair looks nice, by the way.
Ok I’ve watched this one and the one about being searched…am I a spy now?