https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1dca3595-5217-4bc0-9458-76deee3c7a02 Ed Asner hosts this 1975 color Army recruiting film, The Army Reports #51, to encourage not letting a lack of education prevent a life-time career with the Army. All of the different education opportunities are then detailed verbally by Ed with interspersed video showing the scenarios. A boy goes from a high school classroom to working on a car as a mechanic to older sadly laying on a bed. His happy friend is dressed in full uniform. (2:37-3:49). He is next shown waiting with a large group to be interviewed for a job. His turn arrives and the interviewer sees him as a blanked out face (4:17-4:55). A professional counselor talks with a recruit in an office full of books. A teacher is helping recruits pass their GEDs. Vocational training in cars and woodworking is shown. A soldier walks down college steps with books, another uses a library, soldiers wear headphones as they learn a language (6:34-7:30). Ted Knight joins Ed and they discuss military educational opportunities (7:39-9:29). The Army operates Education Centers and shown is Fort Bragg, North Carolina 2-1127. Two women soldiers in skirts walk down the sidewalk and up the stairs. The librarian helps a soldier find a manual; he then joins other soldiers studying at a large library table (9:30-10:30). Classes are also given. An instructor demonstrates welding. Soldiers practice typing on a typewriter (10:44-11:25). A guidance counsellor is seen providing information to a soldier in an office full of books (11:26-12:28). There are also Individual Learning Centers. A soldier puts on headphones and pushes a tape recorder button. Another watches a Volkswagen repair video (12:53-13:32). A team of soldiers watch a video together. Another sits down at a desk with a video playing device (14:00-14:42). The Main Office of an Army Education Center is shown. A soldier is being interviewed by a female military education counselor (14:43-15:50). Ed wraps it up by emphasizing promotions require advanced education and the benefits of getting a good education for free through the Army programs. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4INRYNo8jk0 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1dca3595-5217-4bc0-9458-76deee3c7a02 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.