Marine Corps · SSN history

208 Film Recorder, Motion Picture, Sound

Appendix B lists SSN 208 as “Film Recorder, Motion Picture, Sound” under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, with SSN 561 as a suggested conversion. This was not an automatic replacement: each affected individual's Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications before selecting the appropriate specialty.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 561 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Film Recorder, Motion Picture, Sound

June 1945 is the manual's publication date. The entry gives no effective date for a conversion or for the end of SSN 208.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, so the earlier title is not established as a current specialty in that manual.
  • The entry does not establish that any particular individual was reassigned to SSN 561.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Film Recorder, Motion Picture, Sound. Suggested conversions/remarks: 561. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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