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The threat of atomic attack hangs over America in these times of lukewarm peace. An enemy can choose his time and place. There will be no warning. Our only defense is to be ready. THE BIG PICTURE camera shows you "The Steel Ring," the complicated defense lines of radars and guns which surround our country and cities.

For the past five programs, THE BIG PICTURE camera has been roaming throughout America, picking out the highlights of the principal units and installations of our continental armies. In this last film presentation from this group of six, the camera swings to a coast of America--the Pacific. This is a conducted tour of Sixth Army. In area, Sixth Army touches our neighbor to the North, Canada, and on the Southern extremity, it borders Mexico.

Throughout the world, wherever the Army stands, the Signal Corps keeps it alert. In making this picture, the camera crews visited Signal Corps engineering laboratories at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and the Army Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Television audiences will look at a simulated battlefield of the future, and see how some Signal equipment, and how communications systems developed at the proving grounds, would be employed.... Throughout the world, wherever the Army stands, the Signal Corps keeps it alert. In making this picture, the camera crews visited Signal Corps engineering laboratories at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and the Army Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Television audiences will look at a simulated battlefield of the future, and see how some Signal equipment, and how communications systems developed at the proving grounds, would be employed. The operation of the new 100-inch camera with its infra-red lens, capable of penetrating 26 miles through haze, will be shown in reconnaissance missions. This is a new form of reconnaissance -- under atomic or non-atomic conditions. Show more Show less

In a historical survey which spans the 181 years of the American republic, the program describes how the citizen responds to the call to arms when it is necessary to defend his family and country.