Collection Guide:
Note: photos in album were loose and required remounting – some may be out of sequence. Training film names are taken from the captions in the photo album, and may not represent the final names of the published films.
Film subjects and titles include:
“Air Support in the Landing Operation” (Camp San Luis Obispo, California)
“Amphibious Warfare – Salvage - The Jeheemy” (Silver Strand, Coronado, California)
“Artillery Support in the Landing Operation” (Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton)
“Medical Support in the Landing Operation” (on board USS American Legion (APA-17), at Morro Bay, California, and at Paramount Studios)
“Amphibious Warfare – Salvage - The Crane” (Silver Strand, Coronado, California)
“Air Sea Rescue” (for US Coast Guard, US Coast Guard Base San Diego)
“Communications in the Landing Operation”
“Airborne Liferaft”
“The Rubber Boat” (Coronado, California)
“The Aerial Torpedo Runs” (off San Clemente, on board blimps, and on board USS Matanikau (CVE-101)
“Ammunition Handlers”
“Tiny Tim”
“Airborne Forward Firing Rockets…Factors Affecting Trajectory” (Naval Air Station Holtville, CA)
“Assembly and Loading of Airborne Forward-Firing Rockets (Naval Air Station, Twenty-Nine Palms, CA)
“Carrier Landing and Takeoff Techniques” (Sweetwater Airstrip, San Diego; USS Ranger (CV-4); Ream Field)
“Airborne Forward Firing Rockets Tactical Principles” (Camp Cook, CA)
“The Story of DE-733”/”Ship of Shame” (Paramount)
“Freedom Comes High” (Paramount)
“Navy Nurse” (Warner Brothers)
“Weather at War – Pacific Campaign” (Columbia and Disney)
“Flying Sense” (MGM and Wilding)
“So Many Hands” (Universal and USMC)
“Type G1 Automatic Pilot” (N.A.S. Los Alimitos)
“Hall Scott Engine” (San Francisco Bay)
The images below are a selection of the images in this collection.
