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used in the 35nmcameras and color in the 16mmcameras. Both black
and white and color was used in the etill cameras. Crew composition to operate these cameras averaged six people, except for one
sound crew which had two additional technicians to operate the
sound equipment. The crews were assigned to the task groups of the
task force where they could render the most rapid and efficient
photographic service to the various technical agencies.
e. A laboratory equipped to prooess negatives and make
prints of a size up to eight by ten inches was installed aboard the
Uss Curtiss. It was foreseeablethat on many occasions technical
groups would want the results of photography immediately. This
phase of the planning paid dividends inasmuch as the laboratory
was used to capacity on many occasions and provided a worthwhile
service to the technical and scientific groups as well as to the
photographerefor whom test films were developed in order that condition of cameras might be determined. l!helaboratory, although COMposed of only two officers md nine enlisted men, accomplisheda
large amount of processing during peak periods.
u.
A decision was rendered early in the plaming stages that
the logistics of supply in the forward area would be reduced to a
minimum. To conform with this decision, the bulk of the laboratory
processingwas accomplished at installationsin the Zone of Interior.
Still photographs were processed at Boiling Air Foroe Base, Washington
25, D. C. by the 10th Photographic Technical Squadron, a unit of the
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