{"id":301,"ia_identifier":"gov.archives.arc.2569522","programme":"nara","naid":"2569522","local_identifier":"111-TV-252","pin":null,"title":"Big Picture: The Alaskan Scout and Alaskan Command","year":null,"date_raw":"","creator":"Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. US Army Audiovisual Center","description":"National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569522 / Local Identifier 111-TV-252 Big Picture: The Alaskan Scout and Alaskan Command DVD copied by Justin Grimes. 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). A century ago, Alaska, our most northern frontier, was popularly called \"Seward's Folly.\" The top of the world seemed remote then. Today, the polar concept has changed our ideas of distances and now that which was once considered a wasteland, is of great military importance and a vital link in our preparations to insure security. The mission of our Army in Alaska is to repel any aggressive action, and be prepared to hit back. An important segment of our force which is fulfilling that purpose, are men who were born above the Arctic Circle -- the Alaskan Scouts. They, along with the rest of our military establishment, undergo constant training and reevaluation in this land where nature herself is hostile -- Alaska.","licenseurl":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","collections":["FedFlix","usgovfilms","newsandpublicaffairs"],"ia_metadata":{"_rg":"111","title":"Big Picture: The Alaskan Scout and Alaskan Command","creator":"National Archives and Records Administration","credits":"Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org","subject":["archives.gov","public.resource.org"],"_rg_holder":null,"collection":["FedFlix","usgovfilms","newsandpublicaffairs"],"identifier":"gov.archives.arc.2569522","licenseurl":"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","description":"National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569522 / Local Identifier 111-TV-252 Big Picture: The Alaskan Scout and Alaskan Command DVD copied by Justin Grimes. 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). A century ago, Alaska, our most northern frontier, was popularly called \"Seward's Folly.\" The top of the world seemed remote then. Today, the polar concept has changed our ideas of distances and now that which was once considered a wasteland, is of great military importance and a vital link in our preparations to insure security. The mission of our Army in Alaska is to repel any aggressive action, and be prepared to hit back. An important segment of our force which is fulfilling that purpose, are men who were born above the Arctic Circle -- the Alaskan Scouts. They, along with the rest of our military establishment, undergo constant training and reevaluation in this land where nature herself is hostile -- Alaska."},"status":"us-government-work","reason":"The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. US Army Audiovisual Center. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).","flags":[],"loaded_at":"2026-09-05 17:30:27.797238+00:00","downloads":401}