Big Picture: Our Sons

Year Published: ca. 1917

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2569653 / Local Identifier 111-TV-385 - Big Picture: Our Sons - 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" to examine current military obligations -- Today, the young man of America must face up to this fact: When he is 18 he can be drafted. THE BIG PICTURE examines in dramatic form the Reserve Forces Act in which the young men of America can fulfill their military obligations and do the best for their careers at the same time. Coupled together, here are two reasons why more and more forward-looking youngsters are enrolling in the United States Army Reserve. Viewers of the film documentary will watch a father and son as they visit the local armory in a Connecticut town before making a decision on how the boy will fulfill his military obligations.


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