Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. Shriver states that the African are enthusiastic about joining the Peace Corps and register in large numbers to join the Corps. About the working styles of the Peace Corps he says that they try to anticipate a difficulty and overcome it well in time. He also quotes an example of a Nigerian girl and how in spite of the incident the number of Peace Corps volunteers in Nigeria is increasing.
Statement on Peace Time Universal Selective Service by American President Franklin D Roosevelt from White House in Washington DC, USA. President states that in the military service, Americans from all walks of life, rich and poor, country-bred and city raised, farmer, student, manual laborer and white collar worker, will learn to live side by side and to appreciate each other's dignity as American citizens. Universal service will provide wider distribution of tolerance and understanding to enjoy the blessings of peace.
U.S. Marine 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, in combat advancing towards Naha in Okinawa, during World War 2. Marines in front line posts. Smoke rises from side of hill during active battle. Marines move across hillside in the background. Rockets hit on hills. Rocket truck fires, hill in the background. Carriages on rocket truck as rockets are fired. Rocket trucks firing on hills in the background. Tanks deployed in valley fire against Japanese enemy. Explosion on top of ridge. Marines run forward through valley. Tanks advance and fire. Tanks and troops move up. Marines carry wounded casualty under fire. Shell explosion on side of ridge. Marines and tank advance through valley. Machine gunner fires from top of ridge. Tracers fire into enemy positions on hill. Marine observes fire through binoculars. Another Marine looks through binoculars at fire. Marine radios from the front line. Machine gun crew. Plane diving to explosion. Slate at end of clip states date and shot details.
Reminders of World War 2, in France, 1945. A high bridge of about eight masonry arches with two bombed out, in mountainous region of France. Camera pans right, showing a number of substantial homes scattered across the valley, with tall mountains behind. Scene shifts to a different, flatter landscape, where about a dozen U.S. Waco CG-4A gliders are seen abandoned in a field, in various states of disrepair. Writing in chalk on the side of one glider reads, "Whispering Yoddles, Fort Worth Texas, Little One Alice". There are no D-day stripes on these gliders, indicating they were probably used subsequent to the Normandy invasion, in other operations such as "Bluebird & Dove" in the South of France, in August, 1944.
Insignia of 433rd Troop Carrier Wing. 69th Infantry Regiment Troops stand next to equipment, outside tents during final inspection at Donaldson Air Force Base, Greenville, South Carolina. Soldiers check inflated life-rack and equipment in front of the raft. Truck with equipment backed up to C-119 flying Boxer. Steel unit rolled into plane. Soldiers nail and staple wooden crates. Mechanics work on C-119 Flying Boxer engine. Insignia 'Fighting 69th' on side of airplane.
Industrial expansion of Japan with the help of America, after the end of World War 2. Food supply through sea in Japan. Oarsmen row wooden fishing boats. Mountains in the background. Japanese fishermen cast their nets. America helps Japan in industrial expansion. Japanese silk mill and textile industry. Japanese shipyard and ship building activity. Japanese production of automobiles and railroad train cars. Exterior view of Dai-Ichi Seimei Building (1 Chome-13-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan) which served as Supreme Commander Allied Powers (SCAP) headquarters (also called GHQ Building) in Tokyo Japan. American flags and United Nations flags seen flying at the building. Ships of U.S. Army preparing to transport U.S. troops from Japan for combat in Korea as Korean War starts. U.S. Army troops marshaled at Army Port of Sasebo, Japan, with their belongings.
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