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Registering For The New Draft At Flushing High School And Haaren HS, 10th Avenue, New York & Protesting Jim Crow
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Extracted from US Army film "Registering For The New Draft At Flushing High School And Haaren HS, 10th Avenue, New York; Installation Of Dwight D Eisenhower As 13th President Of Columbia University, ca. 10/12/1948" Illegible clapperboard. Young men sit at table and register for draft. (Women at the table question them and fill out the forms.) Clapperboard: "30 Aug, PID, PROJ 13416, ROLL 2, LT SPARKS" Women at table talks with young man at table and hands him a draft card. Medium shot of men sitting at table while the women fill out forms. Closeup of card but illegible. Underexposed scene outside high school. Bus drives past. Men enter the building. Sign on door "Registration For Draft" Slate: "7/30/48" Cameraman HANLEY" African American Protesters walk picket line with signs. One sign says "AMERICANS UNITED AGAINST JIM CROW." Long shot of protesters. Woman protestor hands out leaflets. No National Archives description. National Archives Identifier: 21017 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Th…
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United States. Army
Subjects
World War II: Postwar Issues, African Americans -- Segregation, United States. Army, New York (N.Y.)
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