A variety of subjects covered by our cameras both in Korea and in the United States. Included are: The story of a Quartermaster Aerial Supply Company, and the story of the 8209 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
Around the world in 30 minutes – showing military police activities in Europe, helicopter activities in the Far East and the latest in training methods within the Zone of Interior.
The report features three segments: the history, traditions and opportunities of Army Bands; Eta Jima Specialist School in Japan, the largest school of its kind, with details on training for court reporting, chemical warfare decontamination, radio operators, telephone linemen, heavy equipment mechanics and operators, and napalm and flame thrower use; and, post-Armistice aid to Korean people, with distribution of shipments of food and clothing on the fifth anniversary of South Korea's independence.
This is the story of General Omar N. Bradley, the man of quiet dignity yet with a punch that packed a terrific wallop. Here on film is a pictorial history of an Army general who smashed ahead with a force of almost a million and a quarter men. A military leader's achievements are usually measured in terms of battles won. In the case of Omar Bradley, General of the Army, the scope broadens. His achievements are evaluated in the winning of a great war and laying the foundations for world peace. This is the first of several film presentations being planned for the Army's television series, THE BIG PICTURE, that will focus on the lives of outstanding general officers in current history.
More documentary than drama is this episode which tells a straightforward story about Battery C and its Hercules' site in Chatsworth, California. Here is a clear-cut explanation of the operational efficiency of the Nike Hercules missile which is geared for the protection of the American continent. As explained in this film, Hercules is the nation's latest answer to any threatened attack and the best answer to any question about the Army's readiness. It's America's only missile system which has become an operational reality.
(B&W - 1961) Story of "Operation Cobra" in World War II, in which American forces broke through Normandy and began their push across Europe.
The "The Mathew Brady Story" brings to the television screen the work of the famed photographer who, during the Civil War, earned the title of "The First Combat Photographer." In this documentary, Brady's crisp visual account of the Civil War and its men is brought to life as music, sound, and movement team up with Brady's photographic skill to give THE BIG PICTURE audience an authentic sense of what it was like to live and fight through the years when our nation's unity hung in the balance. In the "Clara Barton Story," the personal chronicle of the woman who was instrumental in founding the Red Cross - the accounting, in her own words, of her part in a single day of the Battle of Antietam - is documented through scenes shot at the actual site of the battle, near Hagerstown, Maryland. Hagerstown residents ably portray Miss Barton and those with whom - and for whom - she worked, in the midst of that tragic day and night of fighting, adding visual drama to a narrative excerpted from words written by Clara Barton herself."
Companion film to TV 530 -- picks up the report on Berlin, the divided city, in the critical summer of 1961.
Episode 61 of Season 5 of The Big Picture.
Vignette of the expeditionary force which visited Russia following World War I -- their mission and activities while in the USSR.
This documentary film presents U.S. rehabilitation of Japan and Germany, Russia's expansion in Europe, Indo-China and Greek Wars, and Berlin blockade.
The social revolution of South Vietnam, narrated by John Wayne.
War behind the scenes and on the front lines, from training to operations and action.
Tells the story of the "Ivymen" in Vietnam, from their arrival in 1966 through the critical battle for Dak To in the winter of 1968.
Covers the activities in Vietnam of the "Black Horse" regiment, which proved that armored vehicles could be used under the jungle and marsh conditions found in Vietnam.
Shows the division with the insignia of Hawaiian Taro Leaf; its fighting across the Pacific to the occupation of Japan, its reactivation during the Korean Conflict, and its deactivation in 1970.
Chronicles the major battle actions of the "Big Red One" in Vietnam, as well as some of their civic action projects there.