over london, liverpool, paris, marseille, new york and san francisco, montreal and vancouver, over athens, istanbul, rome over antwerp, and , luxembourg. a bond welding the old world and the new. an assurance 450 million people remain free to live their lives as they wish to live them to , protect and preserve by vigilance and readiness. these are the aims of the atlantic alliance, an alliance for peace. >> today, on the big picture you , have heard the distinguished edward r. murrow, tell the story news analyst edward r. murrow, of nato, they, nato. the united states, as a founding member of this international body, has demonstrated to the world the importance we place on the closest association between the members of the atlantic community. now, this is sergeant stuart green, your host for the big picture. >> the big picture is an official television report for the armed forces and american people. produced by the army pictorial center. presented by the united states army in cooperation with this station. announcer: this weekend, on american history tv, on c-span3, tonight, at 8:00 p.m.