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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
A B-47 Stratojet takes off from the United Kingdom and lands at Sidi Slimane Air Force Base in Morocco.

A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft lands at Sidi Slimane Air Force Base in Morocco. The B-47 taxis on a runway in the United Kingdom. A pilot in the cockpit. A ground crewman removes an obstacle from the front of the landing gear. The aircraft taxis and takes off. It lands at Sidi Slimane Air Force Base in Morocco. Several other aircraft parked at the base. A hangar in the background. The aircraft taxis on a runway. An officer writes on a poster. It reads '305th Bomb Wing HQ'. He walks away.

Date: 1953, November 4
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068768
Crew members board a B-47 Stratojet and the aircraft taxis and takes off from Brize Norton Air Force Base, United Kingdom.

A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft takes off from Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A crew stands in front of the B-47 before take off. They hold helmets in their hands and talk. Another aircraft parked in the background. All the crew members board the aircraft. A colonel talks to a crew chief before boarding the aircraft. The crew chief then boards the aircraft. The B-47 taxis on a rain soaked runway. Rocket engine cut in and rocket assist take off.

Date: 1953, November 1
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068774