Big Picture: Operation Readiness

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569772 / Local Identifier 111-TV-537 Big Picture: Operation Readiness DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko - 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). As the Berlin crisis reached a climax during the summer of 1961, President Kennedy, in a televised address to the nation, explained the significance of the situation in that divided city. This week's issue of the THE BIG PICTURE is a graphic portrayal of the steps this nation is taking to bring our armed forces to an advanced stage of readiness.