This 1944 color restricted film about being an “Aviation Radioman” is part of a “Your Job in the Navy” series of recruitment films presented by the U.S. Navy. It opens with a view of the flat top of an escort type aircraft carrier (:16-:30). Radiomen wear headphones. One types on a piece of paper and hands it off (:32-:44). A sailor uses a multimeter. He polishes relay contacts on a radio transmitter (:46- 1:13). A stealth bomber is raised from the hangar on an elevator to the deck. The aviation radioman climbs into the rear cockpit. The bomber takes off. A view of the two men are shown in the air as they communicate with each other. At night, a submarine’s periscope cuts through the water below. The radioman sees it and identifies it as belonging to the enemy. He uses Morse code to send the message to a destroyer escorting the carrier. An explosion indicates the submarine has been destroyed (1:14-2:57). The aviation radioman now sees enemy planes arriving overhead. He radios the pilot the news. Aviation radiomen aboard the carrier receive the transmitted message and pass the warning on. Its planes fly to intercept the enemy. A flagman all in white signals each plane to depart (2:58-4:25). An enemy plane is coming. The aviation radioman swivels in his seat, raises up his machine gun, and fires.

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