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Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about the charges labeled against the Peace Corps by communist countries.

Journalists Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. O' Connor asks Shriver about the charges labeled against the Peace Corps by the communist countries? Shriver states that the newspapers and other media carry such positive stories about the Peace Corps that usually prove the charges as incorrect. He also states how the parents of boys and girls serving as volunteer in Peace Corps seem fully satisfied.

Date: 1963
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048999
Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about the Peace Corps.

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.

Date: 1963
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049000
R. Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about his student life.

An episode of the television show Washington Conversation. Robert Sargent Shriver talks to the interviewer, they occupy their seat and the interview begins. Interviewer Paul Niven asks him about his student life and the tours to Europe. Shriver talks about his experience during his tours to Germany, France and other European countries. He tells how he learnt to appreciate different cultures through such tours. He also tells about how he got the scholarship to go to Europe. He answers questions about his days in the United States Navy and how after the World War II he took to Journalism instead of Law.

Date: 1963
Duration: 7 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049001
Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about his student life.

Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer, Paul Niven, about his first meeting with Joseph Kennedy, he talks about how he met Kennedy at a party, who wanted him to publish his dead son Joe's diaries in a newspaper.

Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049002
Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about the Peace Corps and its future.

Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer Paul Niven about his job as the Director of the Peace Corps he describes it as an interesting job. He also talks about the nature of training the Peace Corps volunteers undergo before going off to a foreign land. He discusses how volunteers are imparted training at various universities in different countries. On being asked about the number of Peace Corps he says that there are 700 Peace Corps in 12 countries and he hopes the number grow up to 10,000 in two years. He emphasizes on the idea that volunteers must not be professional but they must come back to America after serving in a foreign land and share their experiences with the people here.

Date: 1963
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049003
Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about the increasing demand for Peace Corps volunteers.

Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer Paul Niven about the increasing demand for Peace Corps volunteers from all over the world; Shriver, Director of Peace Corps agrees to the increasing demand and says that Nigeria has been demanding the maximum number of volunteers in spite of the poster card incident. He tells that though so far the number of causalities has been low but people must be prepared for them. On being questioned about the difficulty in finding the specialized volunteers he tells that the greatest difficulty is faced in finding diesel equipment engineers. He says that Peace Corps wants the community development workers for South America.

Date: 1963
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049004