Twenty-Five Years of Savings Bonds

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Channel: US National Archives · 2013 · Education

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This film features Lucille Ball reviewing the history of the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds, beginning in 1941 when President Franklin Roosevelt called on Hollywood notables to help promote their purchase, and continuing on through importance of selling bonds during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Title: Twenty Five Years of Savings Bonds
ARC Identifier 5665383 / Local Identifier 53-BONDS-135

Item from Record Group 53: Records of the Bureau of the Public Debt, 1775 - 2005

Creator(s): Department of the Treasury. Bureau of the Public Debt. Office of Savings Bonds Operations. (ca. 1995 - )

Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

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: [email protected].
 
Part Of: Series: Moving Images of Savings Bonds Public Service Announcements and Promotions, compiled 1987 - 1999

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s): Restricted - Possibly

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