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 212, The First Cavalry Divison and the 41st Infantry Division

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 212 (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 the 41st Sunset Infantry Division and the Hell Bent for Leather 1st Cavalry Division and the various weapons that combat infantryman has at his disposal.

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Big Picture, Episode 213, D-Day Convoy to Normandy

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 213 (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 the D-Day convoy to Normandy.

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Big Picture, Episode 214, The 6th Infantry Division

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 214 (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 the toughest 10 days of fighting in the whole New Guinea campaign of World War II and the men who fought there, the prized Sixth Infantry Division.

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Big Picture, Episode 215, The Red Bull Attacks

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 215 (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 the Red Bull, the 34th Infantry Division, and the nation's highest military awards.

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Big Picture, Episode 216, All American

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 216 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 29 mins

This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about the 82nd Airborne Division.

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Big Picture, Episode 217, The Famous Third 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 217 (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 the Third Army and the men who fought in it.

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Big Picture, Episode 218, Blood and Bullets

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 218 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 27 mins

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

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Big Picture, Episode 219, U.S. 6th Corps

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 219 (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 the United States Sixth Corps.

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Big Picture, Episode 220, U.S. 7th 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 220 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, focuses on the story of the United States 7th Army in the invasion of Southern France.

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Big Picture, Episode 221, 7th Infantry

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 221 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 27 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, focuses on the story of another famous infantry division, the 7th.

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