Big Picture: The History of Cavalry

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569650 / Local Identifier 111-TV-382 Big Picture: The History of Cavalry 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). The lusty history of the Cavalry depicted on "THE BIG PICTURE" -- With this issue of THE BIG PICTURE, the camera sweeps back through the pages of history to bring television viewers the story of the Cavalry in its long ride to glory. It is a long ride and a colorful one from the horse to the air, but that is the story of the Cavalry in the United States Army as dramatically filmed in this episode. It is both artistic and magnificent, and with the skillfully written narration voiced by Alexander Scourby it becomes one of the best, if not the finest, of THE BIG PICTURES produced by the Army Pictorial Center, Long Island City, New York. If THE BIG PICTURE has taken its cue from the recent success of westerns on television, then "The History of Cavalry" should certainly prove to be most entertaining. As expressed by the series' host, Master Sergeant Stuart Queen, "Surroundi