Activities at the United States Disciplinary Barracks Fort Leavenworth Kansas 1918

(Video is silent)

Scope & Content: Reel 1, prisoners are shaved, operate a printing press, work at brick kilns, blast rock in a quarry, apply crushed rock to a road bed, saw logs, plow, bale hay, cut corn, and fill silos. Reel 2, prisoners work on truck farms, tend livestock, build dairy barns, tend chickens, and construct barracks. Men are counted as they return to prison. Prisoners eat, are examined, exercise, and are interviewed.

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1187
Sound Type: Silent

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 24692
Local Identifier: 111-H-1187

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24692?q=111-h-1187

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