Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps delivers a speech at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shriver speaks how the Jewish Peace Corps volunteers have been serving in four Muslim countries. He also highlights the role Peace Corps have played in poor countries. He talks about racial discrimination and reveals that 80 percent of poor people in America are Whites. He appeals for personal commitment from people to remove poverty, the way Peace Corps have been doing in various countries.
Ralph J. Guldahl wins Golf Tourney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Golf players hit ball on golf course. Spectators watch the match. They run on the course to watch position of ball as players hit ball. Players include Ralph J. Guldahl, Denny Shute, Gene Sarazen and others. Ralph J. Guldahl wins the match by defeating Denney Shute and Sarazen in 18 hole playoff. Guldahl receives prize money of $10,000.
Variety Club members gathered to celebrate the 25th Anniversary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The delegates from all over the world seated. The delegates enter a hall. Hollywood movie screen stars including Tony Curtis,Janet Lee Bouvier and others present at the gathering. People sit and dine at the gathering. Carl Doizer with the little George parker.
Flood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Buildings in the city. Flood water flows under a bridge. People walk through flood water. Submerged building in flood water. A rescue boat in water. A building set on fire. Burning communication lines. Submerged rail roads. People on a boat. A submerged streetcar. People on street.
United States orphans enjoy a watermelon feast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Children hand out watermelons to orphans from a truck. Hundreds of orphans eat watermelon seated on an open ground. Group of children fight for a watermelon. Man stands next to a pile of watermelon.
Scenes from May 1, 1970 Mayday anti-war rally in Washington DC, by civil disobedience groups organized against the Vietnam War, including the National Peace Action Coalition. Ground level view of U.S. Capitol building as seen from National Mall. Views among 3000 protestors gathered on the steps and grounds of the U.S. Capitol, described as radicals by the narrator. Crowd cheering and yelling and displaying signs. A hippie man in top hat displays a rude finger gesture to the camera and yells. He appears to be holding a hand rolled joint or cigarette. Protestors, some shirtless, dance, sway, and yell in scenes of general chaos. A protestor with a vulgar word painted on his forehead. View of police in riot gear helmets with shields as they watch the crowd. Close-up views of faces of demonstrators on U.S. Capitol steps. Police begin to forcibly pick up and drag away protestors who have been ordered to disperse. Protestors stay limp and heavy making it difficult and slow for police to remove them and arrest them. View of a peace demonstrator carrying a young child with a painted forehead. Police load arrested protestors into a bus. Police officer crushes small white disks into powder on ground outside bus. Scenes after the protest of routine traffic of cars, taxi cabs, and pedestrians on streets of Washington DC in National Mall area, including Pennsylvania Avenue, and near various federal buildings. Citizens in 1970s fashions crossing the street. 1960s and 1970s cars on the roads. View of office workers and pedestrians on sidewalk in Washington DC going to or from work. A small protest gathering in the distance behind the workers. View of protestors gathered and assembling. Assorted views of police officers near a crowd of demonstrators. Police drag a protestor down the steps of a federal building. The protestor nods her head and shows peace signs with both hands as she is hauled away.
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