1 219 Technical Manual Basic by Department (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. {United States Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; 1941; Soft Cover; Good/No Jacket; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.} Covers somewhat worn and soiled, with a few creases; PO name written on front cover; pp 341/342 has y-shaped closed tear; last page apparently torn out (small remnant at spine edge). Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. Published July 1, 1941. "This manual supercedes TM 2170-5, March 1, 1930." Listing updated 10-8-2004.

Brown printed wraps, 9 x 5 7/8 inches, 342 pp., index. TM 1-219. Very good (modest spine slant; very mild soiling/darkening of wraps; very mild ruffling of corners). An attractive copy of this title.

PAPERBACK BROWN. Condition: VG. General wear, light creasing on spine, creased corner, lightly racked spine, contains BW figures and photographs DATE PUBLISHED: 1941 EDITION: 342.

Wraps. Condition: Good. 342, [2] pages. Illustrations. Forumulary. List of Chemicals. Glossary. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Creases on the back page. This manual superseders TM 2170-5, March 1, 1939. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. This manual serves as a reference to basic photographic principles and to the technique of military photography. It includes elementary photography, chemistry, sensitized materials, optics, filters, photographic sensitometry, ground camera photography, negative making, printing, copying, lantern slides, color photography, and laboratory operations. Operation and methods incident to the making of aerial photographs and aerial photographic products and their application to various purposes are described in TM 1-220. This is the standard of practice in place when the United States entered into World War II. The Air Corps was charged with the responsibility for performing all photographic and cinematographic work from aircraft. At stations where Air Corps troops predominated, the Air Corps was responsible for performing the essential ground camera photography that was normally done for the War Department by the Signal Corps. A specially trained technician known as a photo officer was a member of the special staff of the commander of each unit having photographic responsibilities. The photo officer acts as an adviser to the commander on all technical and tactical applications of photography. War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places. Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures out of the war arena. The first official attempts at war photography were made by the British government at the start of the Crimean War. In March 1854, Gilbert Elliott was commissioned to photograph views of the Russian fortifications along the coast of the Baltic Sea. Roger Fenton was the first official war photographer and the first to attempt a systematic coverage of war for the benefit of the public. Like all soldiers, Army photographers get trained on basic combat skills and learn how to operate weapons, expertly engage in hand-to-hand combat and administer basic first-aid. Being an Army photographer requires dedication and resilience. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.