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

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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.

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Season 2, 15 episodes

  • Season 1
  • Season 2Selected,
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
Big Picture: Turning of the Tide,
This film describes events in Korea from August 10 to September 20, 1950.
29m Dec 31, 2014
   
Big Picture: Fire Power: Artillery,
In this issue Big Picture viewers will receive a firsthand account of how American artillery is employed in Korea.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
29m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
29m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
29m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
29m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
   
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.
28m Dec 31, 2014
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