This post-WWII recruitment film shows U.S. Navy electronic technician training, primarily for operation of sonar and radar gear but also radio and communications equipment. First recruits are shown at Great Lakes, but soon trainees are moved to a formal Basic Electronics School where training for their rating begins in earnest. The Advanced School is either at Memphis, Tennessee or Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. The “Bat”, a guided bomb developed during WWII is shown at the 7:17 mark, being guided by electronic pulses into a target. The ASM-N-2 Bat was a United States Navy World War II radar-guided unpowered missile which was used in combat beginning in April 1944. A modified V-2 rocket, containing an electronic guidance package, is also shown at the 8 minute mark. The film concludes with a sales pitch for the recruit about the wonderful aspects of life in the Navy, with its overseas postings and steady pay and great opportunities.

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