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.
Battle of Wake Island and Santa Cruz Island in Pacific Theater during World War 2. United States sailors on board the USS Minneapolis (CA-36). One of the sailors drinks from a glass and another one scans the sky during shelling of Wake island. 5 inch-25 caliber multipurpose guns trained skyward. Curtiss Scout observation plane (SOC Sea gull) warms up on catapult. Gun crew with helmets and masks, man their guns. Explosions occur from shelling of Wake Island. A ship strafed by aircraft. Smoke rises as shells drop in the sea. Turrets of guns trained to starboard as officer stands on a bridge. Wake Island being shelled and antiaircraft flak seen in sky. U.S. heavy cruiser fires. Main battery, 8 inch 55 caliber guns, firing from turrets aboard the USS Minneapolis as officers stand in the foreground. Antiaircraft guns firing.
Red Cross supplies for prisoners of war during World War II. Supply boxes carrying food and other essential items piled up in a huge Red Cross warehouse. A sign on a box reads ' From: American Red Cross To: International Red Cross '. Men load boxes in a train to be transported to Munich. Train pulls away.
Major events of the year 1957. A train pulls up at a station in Germany. Re-elected German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer gets down from the train and is greeted by the officials. People cheer the Chancellor.
Mine sweeping training off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. United States Navy Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YNS) underway in the Atlantic off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. Another YNS in the foreground with men at the bow of the vessel. YNS underway at sea during the mine sweeping training.
Shows Milton S Eisenhower speaking about the threat posed by Nisei or Japanese American people in United States during World War II. Japanese residents along the west coast have direct access to American oil fields and harbors. Views of harbors with boats and ships. This heightens the need to migrate the Nisei to interiors of America. Commander General of Western Command at his office plans the migration (internment) of Nisei people. Signs and notice banners with headlines "Civilian Exclusion Order number 6" and "Instructions to all persons of Japanese Ancestry." The signs inform the people of the compulsory mass migration. Nisei people fill up documents and submit it to war relocation authority. People undergo medical examination. They sell their property through 'Evacuee property department'. Japanese load their belongings onto trucks and buses. Deserted shops and homes of Japanese Americans. Rows of temporary houses at Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, California. People of Japanese ancestry eat in a large dining hall and attend church service. Men prepare houses for the Nisei. Japanese Americans boarding railroad trains at train stations, and boarding buses to be moved to relocation centers (internment centers).
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