Kennedy Speaks On The American Peace Corps (1961)

Various Locations (Africa, White House) Titles. Various shots, of young Americans both white and Negro visiting a park in America. Pan along line of young men making tape recordings in Thai, Persian and Turkish. GV. Panning shot, street in a very poor African village. Various shots as members of UN group visiting an African village, spray the huts with disinfectant against malaria. Various shots of applicants for the new American Peace Corps at training camp where they are learning to dig and build. GV. Ext. White House. MS. CU. J.F. Kennedy seated in armchair at his home. He talks about the aims and ideals of the Peace Corps, about the people who have come forward as volunteers and of the work that they will have to do in the under developed countries to which they are assigned. (Comb. F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING E