# Big Picture: Testing for Tomorrow

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569798 / Local Identifier 111-TV-563 Big Picture: Testing for Tomorrow DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - 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 modern army must always keep a step ahead of itself in its planning. With an eye on tomorrow's military needs, the United States Army conducts a varied and comprehensive testing program on the materiel of battle to ensure that the American fighting man will remain the best equipped combat-ready soldier in the world. This issue of THE BIG PICTURE shows various Army testing procedures; from lenses for gun sights, to the vast transportation vehicles and vessels employed in the movement of troops and equipment. This film is an unusual "behind the scenes" report.

- Kind: Educational
- By: National Archives and Records Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569798)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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