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Major General R. G. Davis talks to U.S. Marines and inspects 155mm Self Propelled Howitzer at the Rockpile in Vietnam.

Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Division Corps at the Rockpile in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Major General R. G. Davis walks with a marine and speaks to him during a tour of the area. The marine without a shirt. Other marine officers and one without shirt follow. Marines near an M-109 and 155mm Self Propelled(S.P.) Howitzer (HOW) in the background. Marine officer without shirt speaks to Major General Davis. Other two officers one without shirt stand in the foreground. A marine photographs with still camera as he walks in the foreground. Two marines with camouflage utility trousers both without covers. One without shirt stands and uses rags to clean turret section of a Self Propelled 155mm howitzer (HOW). Letter on barrel of the HOW reads 'LOSER'. General Davis looks into bunkers and marines some without shirt stand and look on. General speaks with marines in front of a sandbag bunker. One marine stoops near doorway. The General walks and being accompanied by the marine without shirt. Another marine stands and walks in the area. General Davis speaks with marines near and atop a 155mm HOW. Mountains in the background. The General stands near turret of a 155 HOW while speaking to marines standing g in the foreground. Sandbags in the background. General Davis walk past psn made of the empty ammo carets. Marines stand near 155 HOW in the background. The General then stops and looks towards the barrel of 155 HOW as it turns. A marine working atop 155 S.P. HOW near psn made from sandbags and empty ammo carets. Mountains in the background.

Date: 1966, November 29
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068730
U.S. Marines with utility and cover walk along the dirt walkway and hardback buildings at Camp Carroll in Vietnam.

Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign in front of a large tent and sandbag wall reads 'USMC 3rd MAR REGT'. A walkway. A marine walks towards hardback buildings in far background. Two marines with utility and cover walk along the dirt walkway near large tents and hardback buildings. Other hardback buildings at Camp Carroll. The entrance of hardback building and a sign over door reads 'XO".

Date: 1966, November 29
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068734
Some U.S. Army soldiers focusing on leisure after World War 2, and some attend Army extension classes in the United States.

A post-war U.S. Army film (after World War 2) contrasts dice and pool playing soldiers with the soldiers who take Army extension classes to prepare for jobs in civilian life following demobilization and discharge from the Army. Group of U.S. Army soldiers in a room as they play pool at a billiards table. Soldiers in a barracks room seated on a bed and on the floor throwing dice in a game of craps. The soldiers play cards and smoke. Contrast is shown with U.S. Army students seated in a class. An officer takes lessons. A soldier takes notes. A young teacher or professor explains a concept with the help of a blackboard. View of the Hôtel Miramar in Biarritz, France (built in 1927 and demolished in 1978). Aerial view of a building with interconnected corridors. Street level view of the University of Calcutta Senate Hall in Calcutta (Kolkata), India (hall designed by Walter Granville; one time home to the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art; demolished in 1960). People walking in front of the Senate Hall as a car and a pulled rickshaw go by. In next scene, a sign reads 'Fox-Hole Campus'. An officer holds a mechanical model and explains a concept to students. A soldier works with equipment and an African American soldier stitches clothes at a sewing machine. A sign "Learn today; Earn tomorrow" as soldiers learn skills to help them in the civilian sector after separation from the armed forces. A solder works on a model. Pamphlets on a desk with the names of different subjects written on them that U.S. Army students can study to learn skills and jobs, including Automobile Repair Shop, Retail Bakery, Service Station, Grocery Store, Metal Working Shop, Shoe Repair Business, Small Sawmill Business, Beauty Shop.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068736
U.S. Army soldiers attend classes at Army University Study Centers, receiving job and skills training after World War 2.

A post-war film shows U.S. Army soldiers studying in barracks and in foreign universities immediately after World War II. Students at a campus in France as they walk on a pathway. Courses being offered to the soldiers. Several posters with the subject names in the background. The officers seated at a desk. A soldier takes books. Soldiers attend an animal husbandry class and examine livestock in a yard area. Students in an engineering class as they draw different drawings on paper at drafting tables. A chemistry lab. The students perform experiments and are seen working with test tubes and graduated cylinders. A woman works with clay and a U.S. soldier fashions sculpture of a dog out of clay. An officer seated on a desk and the students stand in front of him and make notes during journalism and correspondence classes. U.S. Army students in art classes. A woman holds a ball and poses. The students draw her form. The Geology class. Soldiers walk in trenches and a few stand as they make notes after observing a geologic sample. Group of U.S. Army soldiers play tennis. An officer seated in a chair. They play basketball. Soldiers seated on the field. Soldiers being awarded with diploma certificates after 4 or 8 week courses. They are gathered at a graduation ceremony receiving diplomas that they can use in applying for college credit. Students seated in a class. A French woman teaches them. Two soldiers walk among the buildings of a French campus.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068737
Pre inspection of a B-47 Stratojet by Col. Kunkle and Colonel Greer before it takes off from Brize-Norton Air Force Base.

Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. The engine starts. Operations being performed on the aircraft. An auxiliary power unit in front of the aircraft. Ground crewmen perform preflight inspection of the B-47 before starting the engines. Colonel Kunkle, crew member of the B-47 writes information on a flight plan form. Colonel Greer peers into a section of the engine. Preflight inspection. Col. Kunkle makes a visual check of the wings and all components parts of the aircraft. A ground crew operates the auxiliary power unit control panel for starting the engine of the B-47. He checks the rocket assist unit. Airmen make adjustments on the release nozzle of the rocket assist unit. The colonel reads information on a check sheet. A ground crewmen holds hands over the auxiliary power unit. A staff car drives up a taxi strip. Water covers the taxi strip. Heavy rainfall and no aircraft visible. Col. Kunkle, Colonel Greer and Major Richards get off from the car and walk. The crew donning flight equipment stands near the nose of the B-47 prior to boarding it. The Col. and the crew converse before boarding the aircraft. Men check each other's personal equipment. The B-47 stationary at the air strip. The engine starting unit with the auxiliary power unit in the nose. The B-47 taxis over the water covered runway. A jet blast blows a spray behind the aircraft. A ground crewman gives signal to the aircraft taxiing in the parking area. A ground radio control unit in a half ton truck. The operator of the truck talks over a radio phone. The rocket unit is set in. Rocket assisted takes off.

Date: 1953, November 1
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068763
Activities around an aircraft as it is readied for a flight at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.

Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. Activities around the aircraft as it is readied for a flight. A ground crewman wearing headphones attaches wires to the aircraft. He then takes out the wires. One airman stands guard in front of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on the runway. Insignia of the United States on it. Other aircraft parked in the background.

Date: 1953, October 30
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068764