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Description
Military Personnel
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Monograph
Date Published / Released
1951
Publisher
Military Service Publishing Company
Topic / Theme
Nuclear warfare, Bombings
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Big Picture, Episode 208, Tools for a Modern 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 208 (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 military research and development.
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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 208 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1952), 28 mins
Description
This Episode of The Big Picture, produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, is about military research and development.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1952
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Military issue, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Soldiers, Transportation, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 308, The Atom 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 308 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1955), 28 mins
Tests conducted at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada, in January of 1955, the Army at Camp Desert Rock, utilized thousands of ground troops in an effort to establish the proper coordination between the foot soldier and the atomic explosion.
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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 308 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1955), 28 mins
Description
Tests conducted at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada, in January of 1955, the Army at Camp Desert Rock, utilized thousands of ground troops in an effort to establish the proper coordination between the foot soldier and the atomic explosion.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1955
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Military training, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Scientific research, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 369, Progress - U.S. 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 369 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1956), 27 mins
A report to the nation on the new United States Army taking shape and the accomplishments that are making it possible. With the coming of atomic weapons to the battlefield, armies as heretofore known have been rendered obsolete and inadequate. They must be considered a thing of the past. Skillfully edited, "Progre...
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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 369 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1956), 27 mins
Description
A report to the nation on the new United States Army taking shape and the accomplishments that are making it possible. With the coming of atomic weapons to the battlefield, armies as heretofore known have been rendered obsolete and inadequate. They must be considered a thing of the past. Skillfully edited, "Progress -- U.S. Army," shows how old ideas are giving way to the onslaught of new capabilities, and out of the experimentation is being forg...
A report to the nation on the new United States Army taking shape and the accomplishments that are making it possible. With the coming of atomic weapons to the battlefield, armies as heretofore known have been rendered obsolete and inadequate. They must be considered a thing of the past. Skillfully edited, "Progress -- U.S. Army," shows how old ideas are giving way to the onslaught of new capabilities, and out of the experimentation is being forged the new Army -- an Atomic Army -- bringing with it new concepts and fantastic weapons with which to fulfill its peacetime objective: A maximum capability to deter war.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1956
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Telecommunications, Military personnel, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Scientific research, Transportation, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 393, Individual Protection Against Atomic Attack
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 393 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1957), 26 mins
A documentary film currently in use for training soldiers against possible nuclear warfare. Part of this training is to familiarize soldiers with actual atomic detonations, showing them the damage such weapons can inflict, and teaching them the most effective methods of defense against atomic attack. There is no m...
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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 393 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1957), 26 mins
Description
A documentary film currently in use for training soldiers against possible nuclear warfare. Part of this training is to familiarize soldiers with actual atomic detonations, showing them the damage such weapons can inflict, and teaching them the most effective methods of defense against atomic attack. There is no minimizing the potency of the nuclear weapon. But today's soldier, well informed and well trained in test blasts over the last few years...
A documentary film currently in use for training soldiers against possible nuclear warfare. Part of this training is to familiarize soldiers with actual atomic detonations, showing them the damage such weapons can inflict, and teaching them the most effective methods of defense against atomic attack. There is no minimizing the potency of the nuclear weapon. But today's soldier, well informed and well trained in test blasts over the last few years, has a better chance of survival on the nuclear battlefield. Many of the methods employed by the Army in the training of its soldiers are equally applicable to the citizens of this nation in the event of atomic attack. Although the battleground of the future may well be a nuclear one and the nuclear weapon is perhaps the greatest challenge to the foot soldier in military history, the United States Army believes it is a challenge that can be met, and that today's soldier has a chance of surviving this new weapon just as the soldier of the past was able to survive the weapons of his day.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1957
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Medical treatments and procedures, Military training, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 396, Atomic Battlefield
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 396 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1957), 29 mins
The camera swings to the barren flats near Desert Rock, Nevada, where in the latest atomic blast, one of the new Army's Pentomic organizations was actually employed in the field in conjunction with an atomic detonation. Since this is the age of the atom, the importance of the Army and its mission--seizing and reta...
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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 396 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1957), 29 mins
Description
The camera swings to the barren flats near Desert Rock, Nevada, where in the latest atomic blast, one of the new Army's Pentomic organizations was actually employed in the field in conjunction with an atomic detonation. Since this is the age of the atom, the importance of the Army and its mission--seizing and retaining control of the land -- takes on a new meaning. The land may he scarred and seared by weapons which stun the power of reason, but...
The camera swings to the barren flats near Desert Rock, Nevada, where in the latest atomic blast, one of the new Army's Pentomic organizations was actually employed in the field in conjunction with an atomic detonation. Since this is the age of the atom, the importance of the Army and its mission--seizing and retaining control of the land -- takes on a new meaning. The land may he scarred and seared by weapons which stun the power of reason, but so long as it remains vital to victory it is the task of the soldier to secure it and hold it. The battlefield of the future, if it exists, may well be an atomic battlefield. As is explained in this film presentation, that brutal fact has forced upon the Army the absolute necessity of testing both men and tactical concepts under atomic conditions. In test blasts over the last few years, the Army has learned much about the response of the individual soldier. Out of the special needs imposed by atomic conditions -- the need for wide dispersion of forces, for instance --the structure of a combat force in the field has been developed to provide a mobility and a fluidity which troops in warfare have never had before.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1957
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Military training, Nuclear warfare, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 411, Aerial Mobility
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 411 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1958), 29 mins
New tactical use of helicopters, equipped with rockets and machine guns, is seen for the first time on film as the helicopters move in and out of ground force positions, firing their weapons at a simulated enemy. Viewers will be taken on a fast-moving, treetop ride in the bubble of a helicopter as it surveys the t...
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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 411 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1958), 29 mins
Description
New tactical use of helicopters, equipped with rockets and machine guns, is seen for the first time on film as the helicopters move in and out of ground force positions, firing their weapons at a simulated enemy. Viewers will be taken on a fast-moving, treetop ride in the bubble of a helicopter as it surveys the terrain on a reconnaissance mission. In observance of the sixteenth anniversary of Army aviation, this episode shows the strides taken i...
New tactical use of helicopters, equipped with rockets and machine guns, is seen for the first time on film as the helicopters move in and out of ground force positions, firing their weapons at a simulated enemy. Viewers will be taken on a fast-moving, treetop ride in the bubble of a helicopter as it surveys the terrain on a reconnaissance mission. In observance of the sixteenth anniversary of Army aviation, this episode shows the strides taken in this field. As pointed out in the film, Army aviation does not in any sense duplicate the tactical mission of the Air Force. It's function is solely to increase the Army's ability to win the land battle by increasing its mobility within the confines of the battlefield itself.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Military personnel, Military training, Military units, Nuclear warfare, Transportation, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 418, Seven-Year-End Report
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 418 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1958), 28 mins
An episode comprised of the best stories told on the Big Picture series over a seven year period.
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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 418 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1958), 28 mins
Description
An episode comprised of the best stories told on the Big Picture series over a seven year period.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890-1969, Stuart Queen
Person Discussed
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1890-1969
Topic / Theme
Fairs and festivals, Independence Day, Military training, Military units, Nuclear warfare, Orphans, Weapons testing, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 438, The Unseen Weapon (CBR)
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 438 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1958, originally published 1958), 29 mins
Chemical warfare has come a long, long way since the days of the caveman when flame and burning coals were used to drive off the enemy. No thinking person looks on this development with any sense of pride, but rather one of reality -- because today the threat of large-scale chemical, biological, and radiological w...
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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 438 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1958, originally published 1958), 29 mins
Description
Chemical warfare has come a long, long way since the days of the caveman when flame and burning coals were used to drive off the enemy. No thinking person looks on this development with any sense of pride, but rather one of reality -- because today the threat of large-scale chemical, biological, and radiological warfare cannot be ignored. Two big questions come to mind in dealing with this subject. The first concerns the necessity of such weapons...
Chemical warfare has come a long, long way since the days of the caveman when flame and burning coals were used to drive off the enemy. No thinking person looks on this development with any sense of pride, but rather one of reality -- because today the threat of large-scale chemical, biological, and radiological warfare cannot be ignored. Two big questions come to mind in dealing with this subject. The first concerns the necessity of such weapons in an age of unlimited nuclear power, and the second is of the moral nature of such warfare. No body of men are more anxious to face up to these questions than the Army Chemical Corps and in today's THE BIG PICTURE some of the answers are provided as well as a clear report on the advancements now going on. In the event of all-out war, CBR weapons are just as likely to be used against us as are the nuclear weapons. Coping with this problem is the responsibility of the Army Chemical Corps and one the Corps is working day and night to meet.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
Chemical warfare, Equipment, Military issue, Weapons and ordnance, Nuclear warfare, Scientific research, Weapons testing, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 550, Patterns of History
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 550 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1961), 29 mins
This week's episode shows eight case histories depicting the strife and struggles around the world since World War II.
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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 550 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1961), 29 mins
Description
This week's episode shows eight case histories depicting the strife and struggles around the world since World War II.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Person Discussed
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Topic / Theme
Military aid, Nuclear warfare, Revolutions, Communist Resistance Movement, 1948-1960, Cuban Revolution, 1956-1959, Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, First Indochina War, 1946-1954, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Sixties (1960–1974)
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