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Jilly Dybka wrote:

There are a ton of episodes of The Big Picture (and other Army Pictorial films) at the Department of Defense FedFlix archive at http://www.archive.gov where they can be downloaded for free by anyone.

As for the episodes of The Big Picture, they aren't all labeled as such. :( One can search for "the big picture" but not all episodes will show up, like some of the ones below.  Also, see the web address formats for the unlabeled ones, http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30126 BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 1 (1960)  What you can do is change those final digits of that 5 digit sequence at the end of the URL in your web browser's address bar and reload the changed web address to browse through the collection. I haven't gone through it all yet. I've gone down to 30126.  I haven't noted the non-WWII-related episodes so this list is not sequential if you look at the 5 digit numbers at the end of the web addresses, since I've skipped those.

So far I've noted these WWII related episodes of the Big Picture:

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30126 BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 1 (1960)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30127 BATTLE OF NORTH AFRICA, PART 2 (1960)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30129 SHIELD OF THE FREE WORLD (1961)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30135 BREAKOUT AND PURSUIT

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30141 DRAGON'S TEETH

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30144 COMMAND DECISION: THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30147 BEACHHEAD: ANZIO (1963)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30149 FORTRESS IN THE SEA (1963)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30160 CLIMB TO GLORY - PART I

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30161 CLIMB TO GLORY - PART II

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30162 PARIS 44

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30164 SOLDIERS IN GREASE PAINT

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30170 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE I - THE WINDS OF CHANGE

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30171 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE II - THE THREE FACES OF EVIL

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30172 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE III - FLAMES ON THE HORIZON

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30173 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE IV - THE SPREADING HOLOCAUST

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30174 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE V - THE SLUMBERING GIANT AWAKES

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30175 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE VI - GLOBAL WAR

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30176 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE VII - THE TIDE TURNS

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30177 ARMY IN ACTION - EPISODE VIII - THE VICTORY

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30181 BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART I (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30182 TRIED BY FIRE - PART I (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30183 BATTLE OF ST. VITH - PART II (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30184 TRIED BY FIRE - PART II (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30185 BRIDGE AT REMAGEN - PART I (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30186 BRIDGE AT REMAGEN - PART II (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30187 TIGERS ON THE LOOSE - PART I (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30188 TIGERS ON THE LOOSE - PART II (1965)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30258 FEMININE TOUCH, THE (1970) (not sure if that is a big picture episode)

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30261 ARMY NURSE, THE (1970)

And this might be what someone was looking for on your help page about DDT:

Big Picture: The Army Medical Service Corps http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569580

Big Picture: The Army Medical Corps http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569459

and this Nursing In the Tropics film has some images too http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.25864

also on the help page someone was looking for this Invasion of Poland film maybe http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.24457

I've really enjoyed watching a lot of these films - so refreshing to watch something that isn't dumbed down & idiotic nowadays.

(05/26/2011)