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 233, Armored Force

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

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, shows the Armored Force in action in training camps at home, overseas in Europe, and in Korea.

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Big Picture, Episode 234, Army Aviation

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

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

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Big Picture, Episode 235, Korean Wind-Up

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

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

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Big Picture, Episode 236, Pictorial Report Number 3

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

This episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, is a pictorial report of on the spot Army news.

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Big Picture, Episode 237, Hawaiian Defense

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

This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series takes viewers to the tropical islands of Hawaii, whose strategic geographical location puts a great deal of stress on the military activities within the isles. This video examines the summer training of the National Guard in Hawaii.

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Big Picture, Episode 239, The Soldier Patient

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 239 (New York, NY: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1953), 28 mins

United States Army medical patients need physical "medicine" as well as medical care. This is the story of the many "outside" activities of the men being cared for at the Walter Reed Medical Center.

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Big Picture, Episode 240, Pictorial Report Number 4

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 240 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1953), 22 mins

Shows the round-the-world activities of the Army. The report includes the story of Army bands and civil assistance in Korea.

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Big Picture, Episode 241, The Republic of Korea (ROK) Soldier

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 241 (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 Republic of Korea's army.

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Big Picture, Episode 242, Atrocities 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 242 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1953), 26 mins

On this episode the The Big Picture, produced by the Army Pictorial Service, the Department of the Army presents a documented report of the crimes and atrocities committed against American and other United Nations prisoners of war by their Communist captors.

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Big Picture, Episode 245, Guided Missiles

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 245 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1953), 27 mins

Shows how Army engineers and technicians worked to perfect the guided missile. Includes dramatic shots taken miles up in the stratosphere.

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