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WWI - Prisoner of War Camp; Deporting Interned Germans; Draft Events & Parade

Reel Number: 221506-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1914-1918

Country: USA

Location: fort Oglethorpe,georgia Charleston,New York City,NYC,SOUTH CAROLINA

TC Begins: 01:22:00

TC Ends: 01:31:06

Duration: 00:09:06

WWI - Prisoner of War Camp; Deporting Interned Germans; Draft Events & Parade Title: “Camp #2, Fort Oglethorpe where 1500 enemy aliens and prisoners of war will ultimately be interned...” Soldier in sentry tower looking over camp, beside telephone. High double fence & barracks beyond seen in continous pan. 01:22:39 Flash Title: “Under Captain Koenig commander of the German raider Moewe’...prisoners...dig drainage ditches.” Large pit, men w/ picks. 01:22:45 Two men in rabbit pen w/ rabbits. Man w/ two tiny puppies. Sailor & fruit stands he makes of barbed wire scraps. 01:23:00 Flash Title: “I Zeaneck, Mr. Burgemeister, H.R. Solomon, & Adolph Koster...of Kaiser’s secret service...” Men digging w/ picks, shovel & forks to make garden. 01:23:26 Flash Title: Charleston, S.C. ...Over 2000 German sailors & civilians interned here during the period of the war are deported.” Men under guard off train w/ bags. Dock filled w/ men, US soldiers guarding. 01:23:59 Flash Title: “Most of these Germans were interned at Ft. Oglethorpe & Ft. McPherson.” Boarding ships at dock pst camera, soldiers w/ rifles watching. 01:24:36 Flash Title: “Civilians, held as spy suspects, are sent back w/ their families.” Men, women & small children in line to board; boarding holdling papers. Deportees & sailors on board USS Martha Washington as it leaves dock. Submarine at dock. 01:25:39 President Woodrow Wilson speaking. New York Herald headline: Gen. Pershing to take army to front; Draft bill is signed by the President. CU of slips for drawing for sequence of draft. Wilson blindfolded & drawing first number as military watches & applauds; others draw. 01:29:04 People watch draft numbers written on public board in NYC outside New York Herald building. Cheering. 01:29:42 Teddy Roosevelt watching Parade up Fifth Avenue from balcony w/ military & civilians. Street level of marching civilians. High angle of length of Fifth Avenue. Drafties out of building w/ flags. At railroad cars marching to camp. WW1 Homefront; Patriotism; Selective Service; POWs; Deportation; Ethnic German-Americans; Induction;

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