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Big Picture: Your Defense
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National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569667 / Local Identifier 111-TV-399 Big Picture: Your Defense DVD Copied by Katie Filbert - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). "THE BIG PICTURE" presents a pictorial survey of U.S. military services -- In this release in the Army's television series a pictorial survey is made of the U.S. military services and in particular the defense establishment. As pointed out in the film, the nerve center of the defense program is in Washington where the funds are appropriated by Congress following the recommendations of the Department of Defense, based upon current need. The cameras enter the Offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where policies of the Defense Department are carried out, and all activities of the Armed Forces are planned and directed. Footage has been chosen from Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps sources. It is both dramatic and forceful in its content.
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