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Big Picture: Ranger Ready 1953 US Army Elite Airborne Light Infantry

Documentary

TV-14

28

Dec 31, 2014

For this issue of The Big Picture our camera crews have journeyed into the mountains of North Georgia and the swamps of Florida in order to bring the story of the U.S.

Season 2, 15 episodes

Big Picture: The Korean Ceasefire Talks Begin,

This program includes a tribute to the men of the Infantry from an officer who served with them as a platoon leader, Lieutenant Robert Fallon of Washington, D.C.

Big Picture: Ranger Ready 1953 US Army Elite Airborne Light Infantry,

For this issue of The Big Picture our camera crews have journeyed into the mountains of North Georgia and the swamps of Florida in order to bring the story of the U.S.

Big Picture: Turning of the Tide,

This film describes events in Korea from August 10 to September 20, 1950.

Big Picture: Fire Power: Artillery,

In this issue Big Picture viewers will receive a firsthand account of how American artillery is employed in Korea.

Big Picture: The Republic of Korea (ROK) Soldier,

Through the Korean Military Advisory Group, the South Korean Army has been able to build itself up to the fourth strongest Army in the world.

Big Picture: Army Transportation Corps,

We follow the supplies from the factory to the depot in the U.S., to the port to the front line unit in Korea. We show the Port of Embarkation, small boats, the ducks, the rail lines, the trucks.

Big Picture: United Nations Consolidate Below the 38th Parallel,

Destruction of the Port of Hungnam...The withdrawal across the Han...U.N. defenses at Suwon...and air attacks on the Chinese border.

Big Picture: United Nations Forces Counterattack,

Our allied units throw a powerful counterattack against the Reds, Infantry tanks, artillery, and air all combine to throw the Reds back to the North, The Navy blasts the enemy with rockets.

Big Picture: The United Nations Line Is Stabilized While Truce Talks Continue,

Our patrols in probing actions... The attack on Hill 1179... The return of Seoul refugees... and more of the ceasefire negotiations.

Big Picture: United Nations Forces Escape the Chinese Trap,

This film includes the Army's 7th Division at the Manchurian border...Men of the 7th enjoy a hot Thanksgiving Day dinner on the banks of the Yalu River...The evacuation of the Hungnam beachhead.

Big Picture: United Nations Forces Push the Chinese Back,

Recapture of Suwon... The 25th Infantry Division's advance of Seoul... Attack on Hill 584. Captain Zimmerman interviews Lieutenant William Travis from New Jersey.

Big Picture: Civil Assistance, Korea,

We approach this from the beginning in Korea when we had to control the civilian population...rehabilitation for tactical reasons.

Big Picture: The Army Chaplains,

We review the heroic and inspiring work of the Army Chaplain, especially the Chaplains who have served so gallantly with our fighting troops.

Big Picture: A Day in Korea,

Comparison of the life of the individual in the states to the soldier on the front lines of Korea.

Big Picture: Third Korean Winter,

This issue of The Big Picture depicts the many aspects of our soldiers' daily living in the Korean war zone during the winter period 1952-53.

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Battlezone: The Korean War

Documentary

TV-14

2

56

This Battlezone series looks at the Korean War from start to finish including the lead up and aftermath of the war from the US perspective.

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