Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. LIBERTY LOAN DRIVES

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. LIBERTY LOAN DRIVES

1935

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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.

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