My Country First (1916)

Frank Draper a patriotic young American has invented the most wonderful explosive in the world which he intends giving to the United States In defending a pure girl from the machinations of an enemy he is involved in a serious crime which sends him an innocent man to prison Angered at this interruption to their plans and desirous of obtaining the explosive for a foreign government international spies connive successfully at Drapers escape They then hold him a prisoner and the young patriot is given the choice of sacrificing his own life or that of his country He chooses the preservation of the latter and his sands of life have almost run out when trapped and bound he is rescued at the eleventh hour