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During an interview Shriver tells about qualities required in criminals if they volunteer for the Peace Corps in Washington.

Robert Sargent Shriver is interviewed by Frank Reynolds in Washington. Television journalist Frank Reynolds interviews Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. , Director of the Peace Corps. A world map on a wall in the background. Sargent Shriver is questioned whether he wants to admit people having criminal records as volunteers of the Peace Corps. He replies affirmatively. Sargent Shriver answers that he does not have problem to admit people with criminal records, but they should have spirit, internal motivation and personal commitment for life and actions.

Date: 1965
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071804
U.S. soldiers train for amphibious assaults in World War II.

American soldiers are assembled on outdoor stands on a sand beach in World War 2. Next, soldiers are seen climbing down rope nets on a stand designed to simulate leaving a troop ship. Brief closeup of some of the soldiers descending the nets. Change of scene to a sandy area shows soldiers in a simulated landing craft rushing out of it in a practice drill. Soldiers in wheeled vehicles simulating landing craft armed with machine guns. Troops, in live fire training, crawl over water-filled ditches as a trainer fires a Browning M1917 30cal machine gun across the area. Shells bursting in the area. A soldier stretches himself in prone position across a barbed wire fence. Other soldiers climb over him to cross the fence. Several combat soldiers holding rifles which are used as a ladder for climbing a barbed entanglement.

Date: 1942
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071823
U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard academies hold graduation ceremonies and the cadets receive diplomas in the U.S.

United States Service academies hold graduation ceremonies in the U.S. At West Point, Annapolis, U.S. Army cadets of academy and officers gather for graduation ceremony. Cadets come to an officer, shake hands and receive diplomas. At U.S. Naval Academy, naval cadets receive diplomas and celebrate. The cadets of U.S. Air Force Academy march and sit in chairs to attend the graduation ceremony. In New London, Connecticut U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses graduates of the Coast Guard Academy and says that their war potential is far superior to that of Russia.

Date: 1964, June 4
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071841
The future Houston Astrodome under construction, June 1964

Views of what would become the Astrodome in Houston Texas while under construction in 1964. Aerial shots show the current, open-air stadium of the Houston Colts baseball team (soon to be renamed the Astros) and the new domed stadium being built a short distance away. Announcer notes the structure covers nine and a half acres. Views of the translucent roof. Views of construction crews working inside the unfinished stadium, which at this point has no grass or turf on the playing field and none of the seating installed. Man in hardhat speaks into walkie-talkie. Worker lifts beam on crane. Welder works on pipe.

Date: 1964, June 4
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071844
Wheel carts are unloaded outside a mine and a front end loader loads ore onto a truck in Slick Rock, Colorado.

A radium mine in Slick Rock, Colorado. The entrance of the mine. A sign 'Radium Mine'. Mine workers are wheeling wheel carts filled with ore. The wheel carts are unloaded outside the mine. Workers coming in with wheel carts after unloading. A front end loader loads ore onto a truck. A bucket attached to the loader unloads ore into the truck.

Date: 1949, March
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071850
General John Dale Ryan gives an introduction of USAF aerobic physical fitness programs and its benefits in the U.S.

United States Air Force (USAF) Aerobic physical fitness programs and its benefits conducted in the United States. General John Dale Ryan, Chief of Staff of U.S. Air Force, gives an introduction. He speaks about physical fitness of personnel in the Air Force. He speaks that physical fitness is necessary to do world wide duty and challenging tasks for the personnel. He talks about conducting physical exercise programs.

Date: 1970
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071865