This episode of “The Big Picture”, the U.S. Army’s television show, is from the “Army in Action” series. Entitled “Flames on the Horizon”, this episode portrays world events from 1939 to 1941, including the war in China, the early phases of WWII in Europe including the Fall of France, the U.S. mobilizing for war, and finally Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Big Picture is an American documentary television program which aired on ABC-TV from 1951 to 1964. The series consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service, showing weaponry, battles, and biographies of famous soldiers.

After The Big Picture’s run on ABC ended, it aired in syndication for several more years on some local television stations well into the early 1970s.

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