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March of Time -- outtakes -- Recruiting posters and drives in US

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.723.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4076 | Film ID: 2731

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    March of Time -- outtakes -- Recruiting posters and drives in US

    Overview

    Description
    A group of people, many of them teenagers. A woman in a W.A.A.C. uniform sits behind a desk outside a van labelled "U. S. Army Recruitment Mobile Station" and speaks with a group of women. The scene shifts to soldiers in a parade down a street, then recruitment posters and a chart illustrating the number of people who have enlisted in Muncie during the month. Men walk into the recruitment offices. Interior of recruiting office where young men talk to a recruiter, who sits behind a desk. Close-ups of the boys and of recruiter. Outside, draftees (not enlisted men) board a bus while another man checks off their names on a clipboard. Interior of a Navy recruiting office with officer and applicants.

    01:21:08 Men sorting bags of V-Mail, or Victory Mail. Close-up of a letter from a father to his son. V-Mail were letters that were microfilmed to reduce their size and make it easier to ship the huge volume of mail.
    Duration
    00:11:15
    Date
    Event:  October 1942
    Locale
    Muncie, IN, United States
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Director: Black
    Producer: March of Time, Inc.
    Camera Operator: John Geisel

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Outtakes.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Time Code
    01:12:10:00 to 01:23:25:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2731 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2731 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2731 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2731 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2731 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2731 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2731 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2731 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 2004.
    Copied From
    35mm DNS; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4284
    Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 952 II,JJ
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:07:13
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