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Junk cars being driven at a parade to stimulate people to donate automobile for scrap in Decatur, Illinois.

A film titled 'Jalopies Parading to Victory' a parade intended to stimulate people to donate dilapidated automobiles for scrap in Decatur, Illinois. Automobile traffic on a street. Office buildings in the city. View of pier extending over Lake Decatur. Exteriors of the Millikin University. A industrial area of the city. Old cars at the backyard of houses. Mary Livingstone disembarks from a car. She is greeted by the women. War production officials stand and talk. Cars in the parade. Modern firefighting vehicles being driven at the parade. Soldiers march. Officials seated. Fire fighting department spray water on a car. School girls march at the parade. Decorated cars at the parade. Horse drawn carriage at the parade. American university students and men from the bomber division march. A band plays. Children ride bicycles and march at the parade.

Location: Decatur Illinois

Date: 1943

Duration: 5 min 39 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

School children and civilians participate in a parade to stimulate people to donate junk cars in Decatur, Illinois.

A film about a parade intended to stimulate people to donate dilapidated automobiles for scrap in Decatur, Illinois. People stand on roadside to watch the parade. Cars driven at the parade. Civil air patrol aircraft in flight. School children on cars. Man works on a vehicle carried on a truck. A float decorated with papers. School children march. A man pushes a trolley. Girls ride bicycles. Officers address people. Junk cars in the backyard of houses.

Location: Decatur Illinois

Date: 1943

Duration: 5 min 19 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English