Draft and WWI mobilization activities for American men in 1918. Draftees under the Selective Service system get their documents checked by officials. Doctors examine the draftees for military recruitment. Men carry their baggage and move away in a train. Military recruits at a receiving station, lined up. They are seen carrying rifles and marching, beginning their drills, though still dressed in civilian clothing. View of the men marching and Statue of Liberty seen in the distance on the horizon.
Passengers arrive at Cunard deck and exit from their automobiles at Pier 54 in New York City. They board the British liner RMS Lusitania in New York, United States, for its final voyage. People on board the deck of a ship. Views of the ship. The Lusitania leaves New York harbor, aided by tug boats. The Lusitania was sunk 6 days later, on May 7, 1915, by a torpedo from a German U-boat.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps, speaking in New York, United States.He talks about visiting Peace Corps sites all over the world and mentions that President Johnson asked him to convey his greetings to various world leaders during these visits, including one to the Pope who was visiting Israel. Of that he says:"When a Southern Prostestant President sends a Northern Roman Catholic (that was me) to deliver a message to an Italian Pope, in Jeruselem, that's the sign of an election year." He narrates several other illustrations of America's unique and improving tolerance regarding religion and race relations. And he narrates an amusing incident that took place with President Kennedy when he was campaigning for his election as a President, .
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver enumerates poverty, hunger and lack of political freedom as the main constraints in development of an individual in various parts of the world. It is these objectives that Peace Corps works for. He clarifies that Peace Corps is not against communism. Rather it works to release people from the clutches of imperialism. He states that Peace Corps volunteers help people in various countries to strive for betterment as per their own way of life and culture without directing them to Western culture. He also explains the essence of community development in Peace Corps.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps in New York, United States. Shriver delivers a speech about the success of Peace Corps volunteers, men and women seated in the background. He quotes an example of a Peace Corps volunteer who got elected to the supreme board of directors of all the slums in a city in Peru. Shriver says that future peace depends on creating awareness among the downtrodden masses. He narrates an incident how the Bolivian Ambassador praised the work done by Peace Corps volunteers in Bolivia.
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.
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