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Liberty Loan Drives

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Channel: US National Archives · 2015 · Education

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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: 1935
Other Title: Historical Film, No. 1133

Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: On publicizing the loans, 1917-1918. Reel 1, War Sec. Baker poses in front of Keith's Theater, Washington, D.C., with Liberty Bonds. Treasury Sec. McAdoo greets Douglas Fairbanks. McAdoo and Navy Sec. Daniels address crowds on the Ellipse. Pres. Wilson leads a parade in Chicago. Parade units pass a reviewing stand in New York City. Reel 2, McAdoo raises the French flag over the Treasury Bldg. honoring French Legionnaires. Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Marie Dressler sell bonds during a Washington parade. McAdoo, John Philip Sousa, and Adm. Sims review the parade. Vice Pres. Marshall 1133 makes a speech following a New York parade. Reel 3 Japanese movie star Sessue Hayakawa and Blanche Sweet speak and sell bonds in Hollywood. Reel 4, military equipment from the "Victory Loan" train is paraded in Richmond, Va. A huge adding machine totals Detroit's contributions. Shows parades in Philadelphia and in two unidentified towns. Reel 5, military units parade in New York. Eloise Mann ascends in a U.S. Army balloon at New York's Van Cortlandt Park.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

National Archives Identifier: 24637
Local Identifier: 111-H-1133

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24637

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