Reporters Len 0' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. On being asked whether the Peace Corps run into opposition with the government he clarifies that Peace Corps go to countries where the government invites them. Shriver reveals that the demand for Peace Corp volunteers has been on an increase. He also talks about the Peace Corps in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Chile, Venezuela and other American Republics. He states how the Peace Corps volunteers in Columbia lived in a simple manner but they still managed to keep their morale high.
Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. Ruler of the Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo arrives in a car and walks in a building with other officials. A number of soldiers on the sides of a road. View of a large crowd. Rafael Trujillo speaking into a microphone at a ceremony. Officials standing behind him. View of a huge building. Rafael Trujillo speaking with an official. Rafael Trujillo smiling.
The Dominican Revolt in the Dominican Republic. A truck loaded with civilians drives on a street. The civilians on the streets. The civilians outside a building gate trying to enter and guards control them. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks into a microphone. He speaks and orders marines into the country to protect the Americans and others. The Americans are evacuated. The Americans board a ship. A close up of an American boy. U.S. troops including U.S. 82nd Airborne Division arrive. U.S. troops carrying guns cross a street. The troops climb up a building. A tank moves on a road. U.S. troops on tanks driving on the road.
Ramfis Trujillo, son of the assassinated Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, seated, and surrounded by dignitaries and the Press in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Among those with him is playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa, whom he assigns as an envoy to seek support from the United States. Reporters take notes and photographers click his pictures. Cathedral in San Cristobal, the scene of Trujillo's funeral. People cry as car with Rafael Trujillo's body passes by on street. Change of scene as next newsreel shows sweeping wide view of buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, and then scenes of a parade in Pretoria during holiday declared to mark its withdrawal from the British Commonwealth of Nations and establishment as an independent Republic. The parade includes Soldiers on horses. The new Coat of Arms of the South African Republic is shown. Former Governor General, now shifting to his role as the first President of South Africa, Charles Swart, addresses the public. Narrator indicates that Swart's comment include support for continued apartheid racial segregation in South Africa.
Civilians demonstrate on road with banners in the Dominican Republic. A man paints a board. Civilians jam the streets of town. People on buildings. Exteriors of the National Palace (Av. México, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) shows a military truck arriving. President Joaquin Balaguer walks out of room in presence of some officials. Balaguer speaks at mike.
Civil war in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Rebels in the streets protest and hold banners. Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno, the leader of the rebels, addresses them through a bullhorn. The Colonel in a room with his supporters. A camera man records. The Colonel comes out in the streets. A U.S. ship. Sacks of food lowered from the ship. U.S. Forces distribute food to the people of the Dominican Republic. The people queue up for food.