Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the success of Peace Corps volunteers. He narrates an incident about how President Kennedy received a warm welcome in Colombia because due to the efforts of Peace Corps volunteers people believed America was on their side. He says that Peace Corps have led people all over the world to believe that America is sincerely working for the poor.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the activities of Peace Corps volunteers. He regards the work done by Peace Corps volunteers as equivalent to national service. He also discusses some new aspects of the Peace Corps that can be put to practice in the near future.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver at the end of a speech about the activities of Peace Corps volunteers, answers questions of the audience. He clarifies that the Peace Corps is free from the government control and the State Department has never dictated terms to the Corps. He also tells that Peace Corps is open to people who do not have a college degree in a specific field. A man delivers a vote of thanks to Shriver and audiences applaud in appreciation.
Bombing of an old German battleship Ostfriesland in Virginia Capes in United States in July, 1921. Admiral RE Coontz along with other officers aboard United States ship Henderson. Battleship Pennsylvania and another ship Olympia underway at sea. German battleship Ostfriesland underway. A plane drops bomb on the battle ship and smoke rises. Aerial views of the smoke rising from the ship. A 2000 pound airplane bomb strikes the battleship and explosion occurs resulting in sinking of the ship. Ship sinks slowly and moves below the water.
Aftermath of collision between the Italian luxury liner SS Andrea Doria and Swedish American Line MS Stockholm (previously the MV Astoria) off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The two ocean liners upturned at the sea and the wreckage floats in water. Victims of the cruise ships on board another ship after rescue. Collision killed nearly 50 people.
Major events of the year 1957. George Metesky charged with bombing of 21 places in New York after arrest by police. Photographers take his pictures. Colonel Abel, a Soviet spy, after arrest by Marshal Agents in Brooklyn, New York.
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