Technicolor advisor?

I am speculating, but one possibility is the use of wartime combat or training footage. Once the war began, technicolor film was rationed with the war department having first call. They filmed some training films and some combat footage in technicolor at a time when commercial films were limited to monochrome (black and white). They would then need a "Technicolor Advisor" to help convert technicolor negatives into monochrome prints.

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