Cars move on a flooded street in Zanesville, Ohio. Trees, houses, shops and various other buildings submerged in water of the Muskingum River following heavy flooding of Ohio River and other nearby rivers in February 1937. An overturned truck in water. Water flows at a great speed under a bridge.
Opening scenes are in Marietta, Ohio: Houses submerged in water, people along a railroad track. Men carry a boat, people in boats taken to safer place from the flooded city of Marietta, Ohio. People board a railroad train as they flee from the flooded city. Stretchers carrying injured victims are loaded into train. Scene changes to Cincinnati Ohio, with many parts of the city submerged under flood water. Water flows under the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge, also called the Ohio River Bridge (and later the Roebling Suspension Bridge) at very high level. Houses submerged in water. Aerial view of the city with water all around. Men load their belongings onto a truck. People rescued and carried away in boats to safer places. Police help rescue a woman and a baby. 750,000 people rendered homeless. Houses and industrial buildings submerged in water up to roof lines. Men in boats move through city streets. A boat passes by a stop light at same level due to extreme high flood waters. View of the submerged doorway of the Queen City Hospital in Cincinnati. Vehicles are used to pull cars and trucks out of flood waters.
Len O' Connor of WNBQ interviews the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. During the interview Shriver expresses his hope that if the Peace Corps continues to operate successfully, Congress might turn it into a permanent agency. He says he will not turn to some other assignment until the President so demands.
Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. Len O' Connor asks questions abut the mode of payment allowances or salary to the Peace Corps volunteers. He also asks about the term of service of the volunteers. Shriver answers that the term of service is two years but since it's a voluntary service therefore the volunteers can leave it before the expiry of two years term. He explains how the Peace Corps Volunteers in different countries take help of local persons in their activities to make the entire operation a local operation to get maximum participation of the local people.
Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. O' Connor asks Shriver about the grumbling among the Peace Corps volunteers? In his answer Shriver clarifies that Peace Corps is not a military organization and moreover it's a voluntary organization where volunteers are free to leave it at any point of time. This results in minimum grumbling. He also explains the life of volunteers in Nigeria, how they relax and enjoy in their free time.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps during an interview at Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He answers questions related to Presidential election of 1964. He accepts his name being mentioned as a Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate but says that the final decision will be taken at the party convention. He says that Senator Goldwater does not have great chances of winning against President Johnson because of the latter's popularity.
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