1953 U.S. Navy training film about fire control computers

The Periscope Film archive is full of similar delights, such as “how to get killed.

Oof, some good ol’ WWII era anti-Japanese racism there. Considering that the two actors portraying the Japanese soldiers were almost certainly detainees from one of the Japanese-American internment camps makes it a double oof. I bet they both spoke perfect English but were required to ham up a ridiculous Japanese accent for the film.

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