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Fifth War Loan; De Gaulle; Dietrich 221773-04 | Footage Farm

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[WWII - 1944, USA:  Fifth War Loan Opens 12Jun44; De Gaulle Lays Wreath, Jul44; Dietrich USO]
Fifth War Loan Opens.  12Jun44.  CUs Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. receiving formal paper from VIPs beside airplane; w/ VIPs on tarmac.  Into jeep & motorcade passing soldiers / troops lining road.
06:25:28  MCU w/ WAC signing ??
06:25:40  LS crowd of workers standing, listening.  Pan crowd w/ lines of newly built DUKWs behind.  High angle / HA walking w/ other VIPs past office workers lining sidewalk into war industry manufacturing plant.
06:26:08  Interior, watching women tamping powder (?) into shell casings.  CUs walking thru plant.
06:26:47  HA of military marching band & jeeps in parade w/ bunting & 5th War Loan banners, troops marching.  LS up Texarkana Main Street.  Troops in jeeps, DUKWs, tanks & other military vehicles.  Workers w/ signs.  Rooftop view of crowd in sunshine, some w/ parasols.  
06:28:13  Street level w/ women watching, MCUs; LS crowd. 
06:28:30  Morgenthau & others on speakers platform.  Morgenthau to microphone, MOS.  MCU at Texarkan, Texas KCMC mic.
06:28:58  Jul44  US soldiers & military band, De Gaulle & US officer down steps at Arlington Cemetery, salutes & places wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Poses for photographers.  
06:31:02  Pan over mass of Canadian troops on sandy beach / dunes. 
06:31:45  USO Show.  MCU Glenn Miller (?) at microphone; low angle / LA Marlene Dietrich & Danny Thomas entertain troops on stage in front of USA & Canadian (?) flags
WW2; 1940s; Homefront; Celebrities; Economics; Economy; 
NOTE:  Fifth War Loan Drive ran 12Jun44 - 08Jul44.
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