Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004121

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed: NATO – 25 Years of Security / In the early days of NATO emphasis was placed on / improving the military communications indespensible / to any system of integrated defence involving more / than one nation; but in the late 60s as NATOs / political role became more and more important in the / search for East//West détente, the need for secure and / speedy communications between governments led NATO / collectively to invest in an Alliance wide system. / Every capital and the major NATO military commands / in Europe and North America were linked by a / computerized network of secure teleprinter lines / known as NATOWIDE. To this was added the most modern / means of communication – a satellite system – called / SATCOM. / This photo is NATO copyright and if it / is published please credit “NATO PHOTO” / and send a copy of the publication to: / Bureau Photo Nb 112, / OTAN//NATO, / 1110 Brussels, Belgium; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR

Tagasauris Keywords: Arts, culture and entertainment; Comunications; Day or night unknown; Diagram; Gray; Line; Map; Nobody; Satellite
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / BRUSSELS
Retouching: N