US men participate in national lottery for armed forces draft for service in WWI

Washington, DC: men sit at desks as other men wait in the background and boys run in and out of the room / Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, NY: aerial shot crowd of people lines a street as they wait to see WWI draft lottery numbers posted / medium shot man writes a number on a large chalkboard, with notations in Yiddish, mounted above the ground; the sign on the chalkboard reads, "Extra! 4 o'clock," probably to indicate a forthcoming special edition of the local newspaper with the draft numbers / MS group of Jewish men watches, as a police officer stands nearby; one man smiles, is congratulated by others when he realizes his number has come up, and others cheer.
Washington, DC: men sit at desks as other men wait in the background and boys run in and out of the room / Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, NY: aerial shot crowd of people lines a street as they wait to see WWI draft lottery numbers posted / medium shot man writes a number on a large chalkboard, with notations in Yiddish, mounted above the ground; the sign on the chalkboard reads, "Extra! 4 o'clock," probably to indicate a forthcoming special edition of the local newspaper with the draft numbers / MS group of Jewish men watches, as a police officer stands nearby; one man smiles, is congratulated by others when he realizes his number has come up, and others cheer.
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
496750214
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1917
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:19:13
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001058_09_01.mov