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FM 11-40 Signal Corps Pictorial Operations

FM 11-40

Signal Corps Pictorial Operations

Army · FM · May 1960 · 37 pages

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1. Purpose This manual is a guide for all personnel engaged in providing signal corps pictorial services for army operations. It is also designed to provide information on signal corps pictorial operations for the use:rs of pictorial services. 2. Scope This manual describes the types of military photography, pictorial units, pictorial operations, laboratory operations, film and equipment exchanges, and military television. 3. Mission The basic mission of pictorial units is to support army operations with adequate and timely pictorial service. 4. Military Photography Basically, military photography is the recording on film of still and motion pictures of terrain, objects, or actions. These may be classified as follows: a. Reconnaissnce. Reconnaisance photography provides pictorial recordings to supplement or support reconnaissance missions.

DesignationFM 11-40

EditionMay 1960

StatusSuperseded

Pages37

FunctionComms Signal

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 8

TM 11-491Not in the Vault
FM 11-40-2Not in the Vault
FM 11Not in the Vault