The Big Picture: Exercise Desert Strike

N.p. Air Photographic and Charting Service, Circa 1964. Draft script for the 1964 television documentary. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member, with their name in manuscript ink and pencil on the title page.

A short documentary about Army-Air Force training exercises in the southwestern United States, testing tactical nuclear warfare and tactical operation on the battlefield. Created for "The Big Picture" television series, which aired from 1951 to 1964, produced by the US Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service and originally conceived by Albert Gannaway Jr. and David Burkey.

Blue wrappers with a die-cut title window. Title page present, dated June 29, 64. 41 leaves, with last page of text numbered 39. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

[Book #162740]