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Secretary of War Newton D Baker and othersl drawing second draft of WWI draft numbers in United States.

Draft and mobilization activities for World War I in 1917-1918. Major General Enoch H Crowder and his staff assembled for calling to colors the registrants of 5th June, 1918. Scenes of the second draft on June 27, 1918 are shown. Major General Enoch H. Crowder delivers an opening remark on the occasion. The United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker, Senator George E Chamberlain, Senator Francis E Warren, General Peyton C March, Major General Enoch Crowder and Ms. 'Major Billie' Welborn draw draft numbers in July 1918. The first numbers drawn are 246, 1168, 6818, 469, and 1091 respectively. Men note down the results of the draw in charts and on a board.

Date: 1918, June 27
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048798
German prisoners of war aboard a Russian destroyer and a Russian officer gives cigarette packets to the crew members.

German prisoners of war on board a Russian destroyer in the Balkans. They walk on the ship deck. The crew of the merchantman are given packets of cigarettes by a Russian officer. A gun in the background.

Date: 1916
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045893
Nicholas I, King of Montenegro. Wounded from Turkish bombardment of Scutari in First Balkan War, 1912

Nicholas I, King of Montenegro, reviewing veteran soldiers loosely formed on both sides of a road, following declaration of war against Turkey, on October 8, 1912. The troops cheer their king. Scene changes to King Nicholas with advisers strolling behind the royal palace in Cetinje. Scene shifts to a crowded operating theater in a hospital, with surgical team operating on a patient. Slate alludes to transport and care of wounded following battle with Turkish forces at Scutari. Montenegrin wounded being carried on stretchers along mountainous roadway and up steep steps to an emergency field medical treatment center. Some medical staff in white, stand near the ramp. Later, several wounded are carried back down the steps to waiting trucks for transport to hospitals.

Date: 1912, December
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Swedish
Clip: 65675054360
Soldiers take an injured man and put him on stretcher during Second Balkan War.

A tent at a hilly region in Austria-Hungary region. Austrian soldiers take an injured man and put him on stretcher. Soldiers go on horses. A horse drawn medical ambulance cart departs the scene. Soldiers on horses gather around the cart ambulance at a a medical tent treating injured soldiers.

Date: 1913
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035211
Prince Alexander I exits car and greets two officers standing on the roadside during Second Balkan War.

Two officers stand at a on a roadside in Serbia. Prince Alexander I arrives by early model motor car and gets out to greet the officers. The Prince smokes a cigarette as he talks to the officers.

Date: 1913
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Serbian
Clip: 65675035213
Scenes from the Nazi Balkans campaign of 1941, during World War II.

Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece 6 April 1941 Yugoslavia and Greece being invaded. Animated map of region as names of Yugoslavian areas appear. Dragon's teeth and other antitank fortifications are bypassed by advancing German forces. Damaged railroad tracks in Croatia. German soldiers confer. They march past houses along road, cross stream and drag artillery over wooden bridge. An animated map shows entry into Greece at Salonika and Xanthi. The smoke rises in valley after German artillery hits. German guns fire and recoil. The view of a valley. A German soldier sketches. Germans in foxhole gesture. German Stuka dive bombers in flight and dropping bombs. German tank rolls down a street in Salonika, many civilian onlookers, as well as German officers salute as tanks pass. View of Aegean harbor. A town in the background and a column of smoke rises.

Date: 1941, April 6
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047355