The latest weapons, coupled with the 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 Stuart Queen. Regularly each year the American public looks forward to the first showings of the new models by the country's automobile manufacturers. Not as often perhaps, but awaited more eagerly by the U.S. armed forces, is the appearance of a brand new combat vehicle. Today's Big Picture tells the inside story from the idea to the fighting weapon of the birth of a tank. The tank of today is a formidable ally or a fearsome enemy, depending on whether the individual soldier faces it in battle or follows it into combat. Ideally, as a perfect fighting machine, the tank would combine the mighty firing power of heavy artillery with the armor plate protection of a battleship and the speed, mobility and low silhouette of a racing car. Actually, the modern tank embodies all these qualities to a degree, while keeping the disadvantages of each to a minimum. Designed in World War I to counteract the machine gun and to overrun trenches, the earliest tanks were little more than armed and armored tractors, with top speed of five miles per hour. However, late in the war, they proved undeniably their effectiveness. In World War II, U.S. tankmen learned many valuable lessons. As a nation meeting the aggressor's challenge on two fronts, we were unable to pick our spots for battle. Our tanks were forced to fight under a wide variety of conditions of climate and terrain. Then, in Korea, where rugged hills and mountains kept tanks on roads and riverbeds, their capabilities were restricted, but their mobile, highly accurate firepower was used to good advantage. Used at the outset to neutralize North Korean tank assaults, American tanks later reduced bunker opposition and provided effective anti-tank defenses. In Korea, too, American tanks met head-on and knocked out some of the tank product of the Soviet war machine. Korean intelligence authorities are well aware of Russia's massive tank production program and of her recent advances in the medium and heavy tank groups. Responsible for establishing and maintaining world supremacy for U.S. tanks is the Army's Ordnance Corps. To incorporate the latest and best technical advances and ideas in its vehicles, information is gathered not only from the corps' technicians, but from battlefield experience, from industry, service reports and many other sources. First of many stages in the birth of a tank is the drawing up of the military characteristics of the proposed vehicle, a description of what the tank will be expected to do in battle. The combat arms of the Army and Marine Corps are the customers. Ordnance's mission will be to deliver a tank meeting their requirements. Among the other agencies who will advise and assist are the Corps of Engineers, the Canadian Army, General Staff, the Signal Corps, the Marine Corps and any others who may have an interest in the proposed tank. After numerous joint meetings when every conceivable facet of the new vehicle is discussed and finally agreed upon, the Ordnance Committee minutes are written up. After review and mutual approval, the idea is on the way to reality. Project number T-48. Meanwhile, at the Ordnance Arsenal on the outskirts of Detroit at Centerline, Michigan, a never-ending program of tank research and development is in progress. In the modern buildings of the Detroit Arsenal is housed the tank and automotive engineering center of all the armed forces of the United States. In part responsible for acceptance tests of new products, the Arsenal's Components Laboratories Division is chiefly interested in the testing of new materials and the development of advanced components, the basic ingredients of the new tank. The range and variety of the laboratory's tests and experiments are staggering to the imagination. Against future orders, hypothetical engineering and design problems are fed constantly into electronic brains. The answers spell out what actual future field conditions will be in vehicles like the T-48, which are as yet unborn. To test the tank's final drive gears, a torsion machine exerts pressure up to one million inch pounds. If the gears survive this torture, they're sure to hold up on the battlefield. If destined someday to fight in desert terrain, the tank's engine air cleaners must filter the finest sand and dust. Dirt fed into the cleaners is standardized. By weighing the captured elements on sealed-in scales, the filter's performance is checked. In the fuels and lubricant section of the laboratory, a high-temperature distillation apparatus tells engineers the basic petroleum ingredients in fuels. From the findings, they can predict a fuel's usefulness in the tank. In the battery section, every known brand and model of battery is subjected to extremes of temperature, waterproofness tests and experiments to determine life span. In cell after cell, dynamometers put transmissions and motors through their paces. A single V-12 tank engine may develop up to 1,000 horsepower. This would be enough to power six or eight medium-sized passenger cars. The Evacuum Fusion Gas Analysis apparatus reveals the strength and toughness of the metals going into the tank's shell. The work of the chemistry and welding sections is of special importance, because armor protection is one of the primary considerations in a tank. Careful records are kept of every electrode used in an experimental weld. Later, high-velocity shells are fired at the weld itself. When the plate is checked, there is no question about the relative value of the electrode used to make the weld. Just how much stress or strain a key tank part can stand before failure is determined by the tensile machine. It can either stretch or squeeze at a pressure of 400,000 pounds. Less weighty but equally important to the tank driver perhaps is the Weisenbeck abrasion machine, which tests in advance the wear and tear he will give his leather seat cover. In the aging room, artificial sunlight made up of infrared and ultraviolet rays is showered on specimen materials by the Atlas Twin Arc Weatherometer. Other natural conditions are duplicated by the materials division. A wide variety of fungi are kept under refrigeration here. When allowed to grow, these microorganisms attack sample cable and wires, showing just how well they can be expected to hold up in certain tropical areas of the world. Less involved, more monotonous, but equally important in the development of the tank are tests conducted in the tire section where the tank's road wheels are run on and on and on until defects appear. Gymnastocates, a word peculiar to the Detroit Arsenal scientists and technicians, describes the actions of the turret tester. If an experimental turret holds up after such gyrations, shakings, poundings, bouncings and thumpings, it is labeled qualified for action in the field. Whatever the findings of such experiments, they are recorded in the special signs and esoteric language of the scientists. Much of the labor of translating complex data is reduced by machines like the universal telereader, which reads the findings of the instrument laboratory in terms of complex curves and types out its reports on an automatic typewriter. Now, when the research and development order for Project T-48 is received in Detroit, a project engineer is assigned by the Arsenal. It will be his job to follow the new tank to the production stage. The thousands of tests and investigations performed by the laboratory earlier form a reservoir of information for the project engineer. Skilled engineers of long and varied experience in the tank automotive field now compose a drawing in which are portrayed the tank characteristics first envisioned by Continental Army Command and other members of the Joint Committee. From these drawings, expert craftsmen next construct miniature models. Every part is built to scale. From the several models, one or more will be selected for the next stage of development. A 1-16th scale model of the proposed tank, T-48, offers a three-dimensional check on the layout and installation of parts. Any unforeseen problems are corrected in the drawings at this stage. If Continental Army Command approves of the design and physical characteristics, orders are given for the engineering prototype. The pilot model for Project T-48 is a hand-tailored original. At this stage, the labors of the laboratory come into full view. New components are fitted into the hole like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. When the finishing touches are put on prototype T-48, the new model will be ready for testing as a whole for the first time. In the radiographic laboratory, the 15 million volt betatron takes X-rays of T-48, searching for hidden flaws in construction. Such tests check the hopes and expectations of the designers. The X-ray photos reveal weaknesses in the tank's parts, just as signs of disease or broken bones are uncovered in the human body. Later, pilot model T-48 is subjected to extreme cold in the low-temperature laboratory. The laboratory is divided into two parts, chill and freezer rows. When the tank and its four-man crew have been gradually cooled off, they move into the freezer chamber. There, at 65 degrees below zero, performance and reliability of parts will be determined.  Connections are now made between instruments in the tank and those in the control row. Ready in there? It's 10 above zero now. Take her down. 9 above, zero, 50 below zero. You lads better get aboard. 60 below. Let me know when it levels off. 65 below and steady. Okay, let's see if this baby's got the stuff. Turn it over. Turret. Reverse. Boys, I think we've got a tank here. Once the T-48 engineering prototype has passed the extreme and exhaustive tests at the Detroit arsenal, the scene changes to the Aberdeen-proving grounds. Here, the prototype is subjected to a series of field performance tests to uncover any bugs as yet unknown. The miles of grueling test track is the most strenuous obstacle course for vehicles ever devised. Climbing a 60% slope, the T-48 runs over a backbreaking washboard type of road. And for good measure, it is sent splashing into an enormous bathtub to proof its water repellency. In addition, T-48 is asked to speed across country, climb hills, ride through gullies, and plow through swamps to prove its worth. Every step of the way, a performance log is kept. Finally, from the repeatedly revised and refined experimental drawings, three new pilot models of the T-48 are turned up. Working as a group, the T-48s are now studied in terms of strategic and tactical mobility. The T-48s pass this stage with flying colors. At last, the T-48 is approved for production. It becomes now the M-48. To get the tank on paper for production requires between 5,000 and 6,000 drawings. Another 2,000 blueprints are needed to portray the new machinery, which must be built to manufacture parts for the M-48. Once the tooling has been accomplished and special machine requirements have been fulfilled, production rolls in the traditional and typically American manner, assembly line mass production. The multiple spindle drill bores and taps all holes in the hull simultaneously. Convertible positioning fixtures in the weld shop make it possible to turn the hulls upside down so that all welding can be done from a standing position. Into the new M-48 go approximately 85,000 separate parts. They weigh from ounces to tons each. Once the hull starts along the conveyor belt, in rapid succession are added first the suspension system, steering and shifting controls, the instrument panel, then the final drive, the fuel tanks, followed soon by the ammo frames, and finally the power package. Meanwhile the turret unit is being assembled in five separate stages. Once the gun has been installed, the bore sighting is checked and the traverse tested for hydraulic or electrical failure. The turret is now moved to station 8 where it is joined to its hull. Studying every element going into the new tank are personnel from the Ordnance Tank Automotive Command's new vehicle training school at Detroit's Fort Wayne. It is the mission of this school to train key personnel and instructors in the service of new vehicles, in this case the M-48. Students come from both army-wide and civilian sources, some even from allied nations. Here students learn that the M-48 is fast, low slung, hard hitting and as easy to handle as a new car. Its 90mm rifle fires an armor-piercing shell at such high velocity that even many inches of armor plate are doubtful protection. Precision sights combining optical instruments with power controls permit the crew to fire the vital first shot in a tank duel. Sighting is rapid and deadly accurate. The gunner can get on target in a matter of seconds. Machine guns 30 and 50 caliber protect the M-48 from enemy troops with rocket launchers or Molotov cocktails. At nearby Dearborn is the school's field training and maintenance area. Demonstrations show that the tank's sloping sides on both hull and turret will deflect many direct hits. Head on, the hull presents a curving top and bottom meeting at a knife edge front. After their months-long training cycle at the new vehicle's training school, the students are qualified instructors in the M-48. Some will remain in the zone of the interior to teach, while others will join armored units in Asia or Europe where they in turn will instruct more men to qualify as teachers. Their primary task will be to teach the men who drive and service the current medium tank model, the M-46, in new handling and maintenance procedures. Soon overseas armored units will be receiving the M-48, which is vastly superior to the earlier models in every respect. But regardless of how many improvements may be built into a new tank, the combat vehicle's effectiveness in the final analysis depends on the men who man them. To achieve smooth coordinated performance requires constant training and practice. In a very real sense, the tank is the heart of the Army's armored forces Over a period of years, the Ordnance Corps' Detroit Arsenal has developed and refined the principle of a family of vehicles. Take the M-48's relatives in the tank family. From the same basic chassis and basic components, like power plant and suspension system, come a whole group of vehicles. The personnel carrier, the cargo carrier, self-propelled artillery, anti-aircraft, utility and recovery vehicles. Actually the birth of a tank is a multiple birth. From conception to delivery, it may take from three to six years. The labors of U.S. scientists, engineers and skilled craftsmen pay off in a tank that is versatile and rugged, whose general reliability probably surpasses that of any other tank in the world. The M-48, should it see service in any new conflict, will prove to be an invaluable weapon in America's defense arsenal. All the dollars and hours, genius and sweat, that go into the development and delivery of the new tank have but one basic aim. To help ensure that the U.S. soldier working with and in the combat team of infantry, artillery, air and armor will find victory in any new contest of arms forced upon him by a reckless aggressor. Foresight seems to be the right word to describe the most valuable tool of the men who design and build America's tanks. Their permanent task is to see that our armed forces have the world's best tanks today for use in any emergency tomorrow. Now this is Sergeant Stuart Queen inviting you to be with us again next week when we will present another look at 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.


Hi beautiful today.  I don't know. I don't know if I dreamt it I don't know if it was a real somebody Please let me know if I dreamt it I dreamt temporary tattoos going on hair and I was like why could that not work And I was like did I see it somewhere or did I not I don't know today It's gonna be one of those videos where I just wing it and try to do some shit and if it works It's gonna be really cool. Just saying so yeah today's video is not super planned. So And it's just feeling like one of those days.  This is not what I'm doing it on. Okay wait Hold on back it up Brad. Who am I? So basically I have this wig. She's so pretty I literally forgot I owned this and then today I was like wait. This is gorgeous. Oh my god She's so pretty on camera. So she's gonna be getting temporary tattoos However, I don't really know if this is like gonna come off the hair and you see this wig It's very expensive and took many hours to create so I'm not exactly trying to ruin it But if I do then like whatever right but first I have this this is from when I made that shirt out of hair I'm going to try and I guess put these temporary tattoos. I have a lot I have many different kinds may have been shaved may have been colors I don't really know what the vibes are today, but we're gonna feel it out and figure it out together What would be smart is if I looked up a video on how to do this right because I'm sure somebody's done it before However, what is the fun in that? I just don't want to follow directions. I'm just not interested. I don't want it I don't need it get out of my life type of vibes with the Directions, I don't want them and I don't need them and I'm just going to make this up So in my head what would make sense is if I chose a tattoo from here We're just gonna go with the small one because like we got to start small baby I don't want to give you like everything all at once, you know You gotta wait till the end to see the big Rosie all if there is a reveal I would put this on my body. Oh look at these dolphins. Sorry to anybody who like is really obsessed with dolphins Are these whales? These are whales. Oh, I have to do this one Oh wait, this one's better. It's a lion with a rose.  Uh, this is an eye. This one's kind of lit So we do this one I need something with like a lot of pigment and a lot of stuff going on so that we can actually see if this works Well, I think I'm just gonna do this one. I feel the vibes. So, okay Okay, okay, okay, so I have water. How else am I gonna do this without water? Can you move? What's a dude gonna do to get some space around here? And we have paper towels because I think that's the way you do it I actually have not used a temporary tattoo in years and I think this is how you do it I secretly hope I'm doing it completely wrong so you guys can all get mad at me and be like, bro That's not how you put a temporary tattoo on and I'm like it is now I remember having to get this really wet and we wet the back of it.   Oh, yes, I remember now you have to peel this Oh Shoot, I already messed up the tattoo. I forgot this thing was on here We stick it to the hair and then we wet This isn't really making a lot of sense because now the hair is gonna be wet.  Let's see that feels like enough It's not working I need to make this work somehow This is the only video I have planned for today, and I don't know what else I'm gonna do if this isn't work Okay, let's try this again. So let's just add more water and then I guess I can like manually.  Oh No It looks really ugly, but hold on. I think I need to blow dry it so that it sticks It's definitely like on the hair and it looks hideous. This is definitely not the right tattoo for this This looks bad. I got the blow dryer. Let's see.  This isn't what it looks like.  Is this gonna come off?  Should we just do it on the wig? I'm definitely gonna put the wig on later by the way.  Please get off Oh, sorry, this is really obnoxious of me. I don't like wet This is like a new fur unlocking for me is like wet temporary tattoo on my fingers It's really not a good feeling. All right.  Let's bring out the big guns I need to just do it if I'm gonna do this then I just need to do it You know, I mean like if I'm gonna do it then I just need to do it. Okay. These are way better Oh, my god, these are actually like pretty Okay flowers. I just feel like they're a little too like dainty. What else we got in these peng and gins I actually don't even know what the hell I word so all right the snake. This could be cool I feel like this would show like a lot of the hair in between. Okay. These are all snakes. These are pretty though That's pretty. I would get that on my body. Oh, she does have bangs. Oh, do you think we should give her bang tattoos? Yes, okay, that's nice. Oh, that's cool. Oh, I like this one. That's kind of cool Oh, I have to do this one. It's scissors. There's hair cutting scissors in it.  I would 100% get these tattooed of me. I almost forgot about the butterflies. Oh That would look so cool. Yes. Oh, maybe the purple will look better. Okay. Let's do those ones Okay, this is getting exciting all of a sudden and we have the really really small ones for maybe the bang area I don't know. I'm feeling very creative right now and I just want to express myself All right, this is my selection and I'm ready to just do it enough of the dilly-dallying But now we have to get creative with it because am I putting it on the top layer of her head? Or am I putting on the bottom? Am I putting on the top and bottom? Am I putting on the bangs? Am I going all around the whole head? Am I just doing the sides like what is the vibes and that is what I always ask myself throughout my lifetime I just say brad what are the vibes and then I just do the vibes That's all you really have to do in your entire life guys is just vibe it out and just live by the vibes By the way, this is x mono color. Obviously super orange and super pink and they're super pretty. This is what I'm gonna do first I'm feeling inspired by it. Let's go like right here. Oh my god. This is gonna be so cool if it works Please work I also hate that I had to wet the head and I feel like I'm just doing this wrong Like I really feel like this is not the right technique. It is sticking though, which is an improvement I do one little test and I'm like, uh, okay. That was fun. Let me just go for it That's literally how I operate in life. Sorry, but nobody's got time to like figure things out. We just have to like do it I'm so nervous. I don't want to wreck it. Like I really actually want this to look good No, it's not sticking. Oh No, it's okay.  It's okay Are you joking? I was stuck to my table.   I have a tattoo on my table It won't go on the hair, but it'll go on a table. At least you can't see it, right? I can just leave that there great as heartbreaking as that was I'm gonna keep going and this is gonna work I'm gonna try a black and white one. God, please. Damn it Please work. Let's do it again. It's okay, Brad. It's okay. It's okay, baby. Yo, is this really not gonna work? All right, I gotta be more patient. I need to get this thing real soggy I remember that from when I was a kid. It like took a few minutes, right? That's the secret I think it's just patience and I lack that it's starting to come off of the thing. I am soaking my floor Oh god.  It's starting to come off in a good way. Just work It's so ugly. I'm sorry. Like this is hideous I feel like I've let you guys down, but I must keep going But you know what I am gonna do? I am so Heartbroken right now that I'm going to look up a video and see if anybody else has done this because I don't know what the f*** I'm doing If I'm being honest with you, I don't watch how I apply temporary tattoos on these tapes in extensions for best results Do this on straight blonde hair or wave find your placement then set it I'm using a craft paint sponge So there's no secret to it. It's exactly what I did Yeah, I'm gonna keep going. I feel like maybe it'll turn out better if I just keep doing it Do you know what I mean? Like maybe I just need to like get the hang of it. Maybe it's like one of those things It's like braiding, you know, like once you do it, you can do it But like once you don't you don't let's put this one really high up. Maybe I will use hairspray Oh, you can't really see me high. I feel like we need like an extra bit of stickiness But the hairspray will probably eat the tattoo. No, doesn't he can eat warm water? Excuse me. Is there directions with these or like you're just supposed to know how to do this? I mean, they're definitely not made for hair, but I'm just ruining this wig too probably like I don't even know if this is gonna come off. God a lot of just like fail today.  I don't want to do this anymore. It's so hard It's so tedious and I just am not feeling it. It's so ugly I'm making a mess and I'm now in a bad mood. I'm feeling pissed I mean, it's something I guess I'll keep going. Let me just put a few more on and I'm gonna just like be in my own Sorrows and like just hate everything while I do it What even is this? I Want to run away to make it worse. I just brushed the back of the head Help get me out of this screen What is this sire? You don't belong up there miss mama. That's not good for you. It's not healthy. Get down from there Okay, these little detail ones are not cutting it for me. I'm gonna do this a chunky One And that's on period stick that right to the head and I'll be back in 15 minutes when this is done coming off of the sticker This doesn't work. I'll do one more. Maybe it's like about less is more, you know Maybe I should just do a small one That wouldn't require me to go get scissors though and I don't want to do that How is your day going? Something tells me probably better than mine. That's good for you, but for me Let me be nicer to it. Thank you. Can you please work? Okay, that should work Why is it not sticking? Is it me or is it is it the tattoos? Are these faulty tattoos? If I am using some faulty tattoos right now, I'm gonna be pissed. I actually can't do this anymore though Hey, that's the last one dude. I'm just like not convinced. This is my fault. This is what we're gonna do I'm putting these roses on me. I mean, it's definitely sticky watch this work perfectly and I'm just gonna be like, yeah Okay, this is just not meant to go on hair, which would make sense as I say that out loud. It would make a lot of sense They're not faulty tattoos.   It's so ugly. I'm just ripping my skin off now.  Oh, I hate it get out move away Please things on the table move away I guess all that's left for today's video is to um put the wig on and give you guys a reveal in three two One I've never felt uglier. That's a lie.  It doesn't work and it looks heinous. That was that. Here you go. Here's a full look Tattoos on my hair.  Thank you guys for watching my failure Don't forget to leave your actual life and I'll see you next time. Bye