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 222, The 29th 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 222 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is a pictorial history of the famous 29th Infantry Division from training camp to victory, including amphibious maneuvers in England, the Battle of Normandy, Saint-Lo, Brest and then the march on Germany.

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Big Picture, Episode 223, Third Korean Winter

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 223 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about the third winter campaign in the Korean War.

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Big Picture, Episode 224, Seventh 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 224 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about the United States Seventh Army in Germany.

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Big Picture, Episode 225, Fire Power - Artillery

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 225 (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 artillery.

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Big Picture, Episode 227, Operation Blue Jay

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 227 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about Operation Blue Jay, the race to build a giant airbase in the Arctic during World War II.

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Big Picture, Episode 228, Ranger Ready

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 228 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about the men of the United States Army Rangers.

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Big Picture, Episode 229, Double Duty American - Reserves

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 229 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about the Armed Forces Reserve Act.

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Big Picture, Episode 230, Alaska

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 230 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about Alaska and its key position in the defense of the North American continent.

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Big Picture, Episode 231, Report from the Provost Marshal General

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 231 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about the Army's Military Police Corps.

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Big Picture, Episode 232, Soldier in Berlin

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 232 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1953), 28 mins

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is about the US soldier's experience in Berlin following World War II.

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