US army instruction film on photography

Here’s an interesting blast from the past: in 1965, the US Army released the 25-minute film above to teach the basics of photography (for military police purposes). Listen close to what the man is saying.

There are some one liners that are still of use today at 2.30min “no camera does everything equally well..,” at 2.40 min “it is not so much what a camera can do, as it is how you use it that produces results…”