 weapons coupled with a fighting skill of the American soldier stand ready on the alert all over the world to defend this country you the American people against aggression this is the big picture an official television report to the nation from the United States Army now to show you part of the big picture here is Sergeant Stewart Queen welcome to the big picture as you can see we've stepped out of our familiar setting for today and for good reason too because today's big picture presents your army in action in a somewhat different way in these days of the citizen soldier a lot of professional talent from the world of entertainment finds its way into uniform each year the army stages a service wide competition searching out the talent hidden in its ranks and today we want you to make the best the cream of this year's competition so let's open the show with a young team from the First Army privates Murray Levine and Mort Isaacson gentlemen it's all yours if you don't know how to do it for your idol up just push your mind when you do the husband buck go do today do do mix up exactly the way it's supposed to be I don't want any trouble over there what is it I'm singing a song I'm sorry I'm out here I'm talking to the band I wasn't bothering you're disturbing me yes I'm sorry but I was talking to them what's this with the hands you you're coming in front of an audience you have to be relaxed you have to be suave suave suave you have to be relaxed that's the main thing I want you to try relaxation we'd like to say this is what's the matter I'm relaxed I can't talk to you what kind of business with the hands I don't know what it is you know what you look like you fellas I don't know what I look like let me show it to me look come on hello we'd like to say that it's it's oh yeah it's really great to be here because it's not very often that that oh yeah that we get the opportunity to be working for such wonderful people all over and we figured you know since coming around and doing different things all over the place that we may as well come back and and try to just work things out as best we can so hi we figured since everybody's coming around and watching and really trying to do everything hi trying to do everything right it might be best if if we just decided to to work as best as we could so ever since 1906 when my grandfather let me see there's something wrong with my nail I can't good ever since 1906 when my grandfather was president we've been in many exciting places really but we've never been any place quite as exciting as the newsroom of United Press ladies and gentlemen now take you to the newsroom at United Press quick there's a message coming in the wireless take this down take this down okay what does it say what does it say sorry that's what you said leave me alone I want to sing legend gentlemen I'd now like to sing a song I had the pleasure of recording on the edge of one of Perry Como's records last round you're gonna sing well yes I'm gonna sing you don't want me no no no you'll listen and you'll learn the words maybe later okay thank you in Egypt where the girls are green look please let me sing let me sing the song and then you learn right okay yeah thank you okay I know a girl named Phyllis she's got nose it'll just take a few minutes I'll fit the whole song three minutes it takes not you get lost you get low yeah you get look look please just listen and that's all all right sure all right all right you can sing all right you want to sing yeah okay look the worst of the song is I love the melody oh my you think you can learn that sure I'll give you the signal don't do it until I give you the signal okay my strong feeling I feel I feel I feel good good I got I love a melody oh my love a melody oh my love a melody please play a song for me play a little melody my baby wants to dance with me I love a melody we're sitting in our seat just like they do down on business street make it mellow now make it mellow work with the clarinet has gained him the title of Dixieland dynamite private Roger Balfe I think he's ready with his own treatment of the 12th Street rag all it takes is about 10 years of practice very steady nerves and the special combination of balance and coordination that go into the making of an Equalibrist from the 6th Army Corporal Ivan Jensen Stardust comes to us from the ranks of the famous United States Army band the Sergeant Lloyd Lindroth and if you're among those of us who like harp music I think you'll enjoy this Lloyd Lindroth the first things every soldier learns is the manual of arms how to handle that nine pound rifle the two men you'll see now learned everything the book had to offer and then picked up where the book leaves off from Fort Mayer Virginia corporals John Lloyd and Richard Lindfors the rifle heirs talent with something fresh and new to offer and if he happens to be a young man with rhythm in his shoes and an easy way with a song you can figure he's going to go places we predict just that for this young man from the 3rd Army Corporal Ken Barry all tuned up Ken it's been a special treat for us to get off the beaten path a little bit and bring you these rising young talents from the ranks of the Army next week we'll be back at the old stand so this is Sergeant Stuart Queen inviting you to join us then for another look at your army in action on the big picture the big picture is a weekly television report to the nation on the activities of the Army at home and overseas produced by the Signal Corps pictorial center presented by the United States Army in cooperation with this station you too can be an important part of the big picture you can proudly serve with the best equipped the best trained the best fighting team in the world today the United States Army