700 color transparencies were made.
made at Kwajalein for Project 4.1.

This figure includes those

15,000 feet of 16mm stock footage was made.
TU-8 processed many units of scientific records, and provided

darkroom space, equipment and supplies to many scientific groups.

4.8

TASK UNIT 9, DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

4.8.1

Mission
Operation Castle was documented on film, both still and motion

4.8.2

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record for historical purposes and subject matter for a considerable
number of motion pictures depicting the scope and conduct of various
phases of Operation Castle.

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picture, aerial, ground, and underwater, as a basis for a photographic

Organization and Command Relationship

The Joint Chiefs of Staff at the request of CJTF SEVEN established
a military requirement for the USAF Lookout Mountain Laboratory to sup-

port Operation Castle, and Headquarters USAF approved its employment
“to organize and support a technical photographic unit (TU-9) as part of

TG 7.1.
4.8.3

Requirements
1.

Preliminary Requirements
a,

Photography of General Clarkson, Dr. Graves, Admiral
Bruton and General Estes delivering security lectures
was taken and used for showing in the Forward Area to
all Task Groups.

b.

Thirty security trailers emphasizing the need to guard

against carelessness were made for the purpose of show-

ing to Task Groups in the Forward Area.

c.

Operation Tigercat
Documentary coverage was made of the TG 7.4 dress re-

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