- Title: FT-8
- Summary: PATHE HISTORICALS: SELECTIVE SERVICES: WORLD WAR II. # 195. MEMORABLE SCENES THAT WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED OF A FREE NATION'S METHOD OF BUILDING IT'S ARMIES TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY. MOS
- Description:01:00:01 - PATHE NEWS OPENER, TITLE CARD: MILESTONES OF THE CENTURY 01:00:14 - TITLE CARD: SELECTIVE SERVICE: WORLD WAR II 01:00:22 - MS F.D.R. SIGNING FIRST PEACETIME DRAFT BILL IN U.S. HISTORY. 1940. MEN STAND BEHIND HIM WATCHING. CU SIGNATURE. 01:00:32 - MS OF FDR SPEAKING AT DESK, GIVES SPEECH 01:00:53 - 1917. SECRETARY OF WAR, BAKER IS BLINDFOLDED & DRAWS FIRST NUMBERS TO BE CALLED FOR WWI. 01:00:58 - LINE OF MEN OUTSIDE WAITING RESULTS. MONTAGE OF PROCESS SELECTING FOR SERVICE. MEN SIGNING IN. 01:01:10 - LS OF GROUP OF MEN IN LARGE FEDERAL HALL 01:01:15 - MILITARY MEN POUR NUMBERS IN CAPSULES INTO BIG GLASS CONTAINER, 01:01:22 - PEOPLE SIT IN LARGE HALL AND WAIT, OVERHEAD SHOT 01:01:24 - MAN STIRS THE CAPSULES IN THE CONTAINER, TRANSPARENT PROCESS 01:01:31 - MEN SIT AT LONG TABLE AND WRITE DOWN NUMBERS 01:01:33 - F.D.R. WATCHES AS SECRETARY STIMSON IS BLINDFOLDED. INTERCUTS SOLEMN PEOPLE WATCHING. STIMSON DRAWS CAPSULE WITH NUMBER 01:01:48 - CU WOMAN WITH LOOK OF APPREHENSION ON FACE. FRIGHTENED 01:01:50 - FDR CALLS OUT NUMBERS, MAN WRITES THEM ON A BLACKBOARD, NUMBER 158 01:02:07 - DRAWING CONTINUES. BLINDFOLDED, STIMSON DRAWS MORE NUMBERS. CUT TO AUDIENCE WAITING 01:02:12 - F.D.R ANNOUNCES SECOND NUMBER DRAWN. 192. MAN WRITES NUMBER ON BLACKBOARD UNDER FIRST NUMBER. 01:02:24 - MEN WORK FRANTICALLY AT TABLE WRITING ON PAPERS. BIG STACKS OF PAPERS 01:02:29 - MONTAGE OF F.D.R READING NUMBERS, MOS. 01:02:32 - PRESS READING INTO RADIO MICROPHONES, PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE RADIO 01:02:37 - FDR AT MICROPHONE 01:02:40 - POV CAMERA GOING INTO LIQUOR STORE. PANS AISLES. STOPS AT SALESMAN / DRAFTEE. 01:02:45 - CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON STUDENT AT DESK WORKING / STUDYING 01:02:51 - ZOOMS IN ON COOK IN RESTAURANT. 1940S COFFEE SHOP 01:02:56 - MEN OUTSIDE IN HATS & OVERCOATS WAIT FOR RESULTS. NIGHT TIME. CU MAN'S EAR. MONTAGE OF MEN WAITING FOR RESULTS OF DRAFT. LISTENING TO A RADIO, CITY CORNER 01:03:01 - CU OF MAN SMILING 01:03:03 - FDR LEANS DOWN FROM STAGE AND SHAKES WOMAN'S HAND 01:03:08 - GROUP OF MEN FIND OUT FRIEND IS CALLED. POINT AT HIM. THEY ALL LAUGH. HE IS HAPPY TO BE CALLED. 01:03:16 - CU F.D.R. SEATED IN FRONT OF MIC, SPEAKING, MOS. 01:03:21 - CLOSING CREDITS 01:03:28 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: FT-8