Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111)

Description: Administered the U.S. Army Signal Service (Signal Corps), with overall responsibility for research and development in communications; procurement, testing, and operation of signal equipment; maintenance of signal security; and collection of communications intelligence. Served as principal adviser to the Secretary of War (after 1947 the Secretary of the Army) and the Chief of Staff on all aspects of communications. Provided army motion picture and photographic services. Operated national weather observation system, 1870-90. Responsible for aviation development, 1914-18. Abolished: By General Order 28, Department of the Army, February 28, 1964.

Dates Covered: 1860 -- 1982

Institutional Donor: United States. Army. Signal Corps

Holding Institution: United States. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD

Archive: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records

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Big Picture, Episode 190, The Army Chaplains

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 190 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1951), 28 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about Army chaplains.

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Big Picture, Episode 192, The Eyes and Ears of the Army

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 192 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1951), 12 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, shows how the Signal Corps, uses highly specialized skills, devices and techniques, to provide the intricate communications and other facilities, without which modern warfare would be impossible.

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Big Picture, Episode 193, Enough and on Time

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 193 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1951), 18 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about the Army Quartermaster Corps.

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Big Picture, Episode 194, Citizen, Soldier and Taxpayer, Too

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 194 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1951), 29 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about how the Army encourages its soldiers to be cost conscious.

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Big Picture, Episode 195, Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 195 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 7 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about the ROTC program.

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Big Picture, Episode 196, A Day in Korea

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 196 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 12 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about a day in the life of a soldier on the front lines in Korea.

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Big Picture, Episode 197, Walter Reed, Army Medical Center

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 197 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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Big Picture, Episode 198, Information and Education Overeas (Part 1) and Dependents Schools Overseas (Part 2)

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 198 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about how the Army educates and informs service members and their families overseas.

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Big Picture, Episode 199, We Never Stop

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 199 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's 'The Big Picture' television series, 1950-1975. Training, training and more training; that's the story of this information film. Our camera...

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Big Picture, Episode 200, Army Language School

in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 200 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's 'The Big Picture' television series, 1950-1975. The need grows for qualified linguists of many languages. The Army is keeping step with tha...

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