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THE BIG PICTURE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR WAR 1960s NATIONAL GUARD NIKE AJAX HERCULES MISSILE 86994

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Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This film is from the TV show called “The Big Picture” which ran from 1951 to 1964 and featured episodes produced by the US Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service. This one focuses on the National Guard: what it takes to become a member as well as what a day in the life of a Guardsmen, including manning modern Nike missile systems. It opens with Adjutant General of Tennessee (:09) introducing the film. The setting is in New England and a sign for the “Colonial Inn 1776” is shown (1:36) as well as “The Old Manse” which was home of the Emersons, Ripleys and Hawthornes (1:51) as the area is rich in history. This is the location in which the ‘shot heard around the world’ was fired (2:15) in Lexington, Massachusetts. The subject of the story is shown along with neighbors of the town working on spring cleaning projects (3:15) when he re

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