Henry Stimson prepares to draw first number in 1940 peacetime military draft in Washington, DC

Montage men with fishbowl and capsules bearing numbers during drawing of first draft numbers in 1940 / US President Franklin Roosevelt and other officials look on as retired Col. C. R. Morris ties a blindfold on US Secretary of War Henry Stimson as flashbulbs pop; Morris had also tied a blindfold on Sec. Newton Baker during the 1917 draft / audience looks on / Morris adjusts blindfold on Stimson / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
Montage men with fishbowl and capsules bearing numbers during drawing of first draft numbers in 1940 / US President Franklin Roosevelt and other officials look on as retired Col. C. R. Morris ties a blindfold on US Secretary of War Henry Stimson as flashbulbs pop; Morris had also tied a blindfold on Sec. Newton Baker during the 1917 draft / audience looks on / Morris adjusts blindfold on Stimson / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
502230724
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
October 29, 1940
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:14:10
Location:
Washington DC, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_q-05_05.mov