Poster for Draft 258

Draft 258

The Picture of the Hour for All Americans

1917 40 minutes

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Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.

Released

15th November 1917

108 years ago

Runtime

40 minutes

Finishes at 6:44am

Directed by

Christy Cabanne

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Written by

June Mathis, Christy Cabanne

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