Silent black and white film segments show a National Guard unit and Army draftees departing Manitowoc, Wisconsin on three separate occasions immediately prior to World War II. "Co. E. leaves for service" documents the local National Guard unit, Company E of the 127th Infantry, departing on October 22, 1940 for a year of training in Louisiana. "Record crowd sees 109 draftees off," filmed on April 20, 1941, shows a contingent of draftees from Draft District 1 in Manitowoc and District 2 in Two RIvers marching from the County Courthouse in Manitowoc to the Chicago and North Western depot on South 13th Street, where they depart by train for Milwaukee, to be inducted for a year's military training. Also shown among the crowd seeing the draftees off are the American Legion Band, which led the Manitowoc group, and the Manitowoc Marine Band, which led the Two Rivers men. "Record quota of 150 draftees off for training camp" shows another contingent of Manitowoc County draftees leaving Manitowoc by train on June 11, 1941. This was the largest group of draftees to leave from Manitowoc County up to that time. These three segments have been excerpted from a longer compilation of film footage from Wisconsin Maritime Museum collections titled "Manitowoc's World War Effort." Time: approximately 4 minutes.