Big Picture: Army Newsreel No. 2
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- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. US Army Audiovisual Center
- National Archives Identifier
- 2569676 (local identifier 111-TV-409)
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- gov.archives.arc.2569676 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569676 / Local Identifier 111-TV-409 Big Picture: Army Newsreel No. 2 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). A cameo report on the life of American soldiers in Europe released on "THE BIG PICTURE" -- "Army Newsreel No. 2" is an adaptation of a newsreel prepared by the Army in Europe for showing to servicemen and women, their dependents, and Army civilian employees. Shown originally in Army motion picture theatres, this THE BIG PICTURE release deals with the lives of Army personnel on duty in Europe. Recorded for the newsreels by Army Signal Corps cameramen, "Newsreel No. 2" covers many subjects quite American in nature. Others reflect an international character. Still others are part of the recreational backdrop provided by the respective country in which the American and his family find themselves.