A Choice I Made
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content: Local Number= HSFA 1994.20.13
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content: Peace Corps film collection
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content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 1743 feet)
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content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film by the Peace Corps of the experiences of volunteers in India. Profiled participants discuss their motivations for joining the Peace Corps as well as their experiences in the field. Footage depicts the extreme difference between the American lifestyle to which the volunteers were accustomed and that which they encountered in India. Documentation includes scenes of their housing and routines. Footage captures the volunteers' daily schedules including scenes of a science classroom, health clinic, and a visit to a chicken farm. Additional footage depicts the volunteers' attempts to interact with their local community through the formation of student groups, establishment of night classes, and registration in a traditional dance class.

Legacy Keywords: Villages India ; Housing India ; Communities mutual aid within India ; Clinics medical India ; Health public India ; Customs inspections India ; Dancing traditional India ; Singing India ; Science agricultural biological India ; Activities extracurricular India ; Athletics India ; Railways transport routes India ; Education aids to attitudes about adult teachers in India ; School description of India ; Education teachers India ; Techniques educational India ; Education student-faculty relations India ; Instruction educational India ; Bazaars India ; Games ball India ; Bilingualism India ; Agriculture chickens India ; Hindi ; Indians ; Americans ; Lorentz, Pare, Jr filmmaker