A training film on supply process of equipment from landing boats in the United States. Markers on a beach. Transport and cargo vessels arrive near the beach. Animation depicts the vessels beaching. Boats in assembly areas. Boats along the side of a landing craft. The Traffic Control Officer and Beach Masters are holding a cargo ticket. An Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) taking on a cargo of rations. A red flag on a boat. The boat proceeds to boat control traffic stations. Soldiers on the beach. The Traffic Control Officer directs the flow of supplies on the beach. The Beach Master's job is to see that the supplies are unloaded quickly and efficiently. He receives a copy of the cargo ticket. The cargo ticket gives information about how much and what cargo the boat is carrying. The Traffic Control Officer dispatches boats to the beach. The boats approach the beach. They are directed by the Traffic Control Officer. (World War II period).
A training film on the supply process of equipment from landing boats in the United States. The cargo rendezvous area. Animation depicts Traffic Control Officer's boat marking traffic control stations. The cargo rendezvous area control officer's boat. Another boat marks the port cargo rendezvous area control officer's station. The movement of the boats dispatched from the officers is shown with the help of animation. Landing boats underway. Men aboard the boats. Officers discussing. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) flies a yellow flag. Animation depicts movement of boats to their proper unloading markers. A boat carries gasoline. The boat arrives near unloading fuel marker. Officers stand near the marker. A signal is given by an officer to land. The boat arrives at a beach. Trucks, tanks and other equipment at the beach.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. A camera repair truck driving up to an airplane. Camera repairmen load magazines in a United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning photographic airplane (P-38E/F-4 Lightning serial 41-2156, "Limpin' Lizzie"). A pilot ( possibly 2LT Harold Moffat) arrives in a jeep and inspects the airplane. A gasoline truck fills the tank on the airplane. The pilot climbs on a wing and puts on a parachute and then gets in the cockpit. The pilot seated in the cockpit. He does a radio check with the communication tent. The P-38 warms up. The aircraft taxis.
Pilots of the U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron relaxing at their camp in Australia during World War II. A Lieutenant pilot, is seen on duty as a scheduling officer with the 8th Photo Recon Squadron He stands in front of the Squadron scheduling board. He selects a pilot's tag to assign him to a mission. Scene shifts to a pilot napping in his bunk holding a map in his hands. (Reportedly, this is Lieutenant Vince Murphy.) His flight jacket hangs behind him and displays the Squadron patch with and Indian holding a tomahawk and an "eight ball." A lightning bolt strikes over the Indian's shoulder. The next scene shows pilots gathered in their lounge. One rests on a bunk with a map over his face. Others read and converse.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. Men seated at a desk in a tent. An Operations Officer receives a call from the 5th Bomber Command. He informs the Intelligence Officer of the proposed mission.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. Men seated at desks and working. They type documents on typewriters. An Intelligence Officer prepares maps for a mission. A pilot is briefed by the Intelligence Officer. The pilot and the officer go over the maps.
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