" Photography Fights " Wwii Photographic Interpretation Unit (1944)

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Created for the U.S. Navy by the Treasury Dept. as part of the 6th War Loan drive, "Photography Fights" is a docudrama that showcases the role of a naval photographic interpretation team in theater. The film begins and ends with a "typical" American couple who openly doubt the value of photography in the war, and then shows an interpretation team working on the front lines at Guadalcanal in the Pacific. An aerial photograph is analyzed to reveal that Japanese troops are constructing an air…

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13 minutes

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77784PhotographyFights

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