Big Picture: Army in Review
Channel: PublicResourceOrg
Date: 2010-08-26

Big Picture: Army in Review - National Archives and Records Administration   - ARC Identifier 2569613 / Local Identifier 111-TV-344 - DVD Copied by IASL Master Scanner Liz Pruszko. THE BIG PICTURE cameras scan the globe for "Army in Review," TV Report -- Secretary of the Army, Wilber M. Brucker introduces this week's edition of THE BIG PICTURE, the Army-produced documentary for TV. The Secretary of the Army makes this exclusive appearance on the long running Army TV series as a part of a "Report to the People" on the state of the American Army today. Titled, "Army in Review," the show will bring citizens a capsule accounting of their Army and its global activities.  The U.S. today is associated with 45 other nations in the most powerful system of collective security ever created. The Army stands guard, shoulder-to-shoulder with the troops of allies along the bamboo and iron curtains, as a potent reminder that we always stand ready to oppose any threat of aggression with the full force of the U.S. Army's might. In support of the nation's mutual defense commitments, nearly half (roughly 40%) of the U.S. Army's strength is stationed overseas. Staggering though the figure is, the American Army is represented today in 73 countries!  This special chapter of the informative THE BIG PICTURE series, takes the viewer in his home on a tour of many of these 73 countries, ranging from the jungle heat of the Canal Zone to the frigid cold of the Arctic circle.  Included in the program are scenes of the 280 mm Atomic Cannon, and the Nike, Honest John, Corporal and Redstone Missiles. This program will bring Americans everywhere a keener insight into the activities of the best-equipped, best-trained Army the nation has ever had.