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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
Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC about his involvement in politics.

Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer Paul Niven about his meeting with Senator Goldwater, Shriver states he never had a meeting with Senator Goldwater. He praises the Congress for increasing the appropriation for Peace Corps almost to the double. On being questioned about his involvement in politics he refuses to be active in politics as long as he is the Director of the Peace Corps. He says that Peace Corps is a non political organization.

Date: 1963
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049005
Sargent Shriver speaks about the Peace Corps at a press conference in Sheraton, Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps at a press conference in Chicago, Illinois. While addressing the press Shriver says that Peace Corps are sent to countries that demand them. He clarifies that Peace Corps are not anti Communist. Shriver speaks into microphones as people from the press remain seated.

Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049015
Sargent Shriver speaks about the status of Peace Corps volunteers at a press conference in Sheraton, Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps at a press conference in Chicago, Illinois. While answering the questions from members of the press Shriver says that Peace Corps volunteers will be responsible to the country in which they will serve. He also says that they will not enjoy any diplomatic privileges and will be treated as American citizens in a country. While answering a question he expresses hope that if Peace Corps do well then the number will definitely increase.

Date: 1961
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049016