Huge outdoor exhibition of Military equipment in Grant Park, Chicago. A huge American flag is spread across a tall open steel tower, behind a stage. Thousands of visitors mingle with U.S. soldiers exhibiting military weapons and vehicles in conjunction with Liberty bond drive. Flag raising ceremony is punctuated by firing of artillery. Artillerymen demonstrate operation of a huge mortar affixed to a heavy steel raised platform. Hundreds of officials gather on stage of the fairground. An orchestra performs in front of the stage. View of Michigan Avenue across from exhibition ground. Sidewalk jammed with people. Large Victory monuments stand at edge of Grant Park. Museum seen in background.
A U.S. Army band marches in street of Philadelphia, leading parade of soldiers for a Victory bond drive. Sidewalks are filled with spectators. As part of the parade, two soldiers in a Holt tractor spin it around several times as they turn a corner. They are followed by a Holt tractor pulling a large piece of field artillery. Another Holt tractor is seen pulling an even larger artillery piece. A contingent of marching troops is followed by an Army ambulance. Curious onlookers surround a very large artillery piece parked on the sidewalk.
Liberty Loan Drive parade in downtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. American flags fly from buildings lining the street.A British flag is also seen. An Army mobile searchlight drives down the center of the street, followed by a motorcycle and side car. Faculty and students of Philadelphia High School for Girls parade. A Holt tractor pulls a large piece of field artillery.People stand along the road to watch the parade with the Japanese flags and other Allied flags in the background. A band of Army soldiers plays music as they march. A Spad aircraft is seen mounted high on a float. Truck passes with an elephant in the back. American soldiers march in a Liberty loan drive and people look on.
William Penn Way, in the center of Pittsburgh, is jammed with women preparing to participate in the 4th Liberty Loan Drive in that city. Sign for a business establishment, named Thompson's, is seen. In another scene a banner identfying the Naval Recruiting Station, hangs above the crowd. A view looking down from a building overlooking the scene, shows women seated at long tables streching across the street, from curb to curb, for a so-called "Trench Breakfast." Other women move between the lines of tables, to serve. After the breakfast, several speakers stand on the tables and deliver motivating talks to the women, Among those seen are a U.S. Navy Commander; U.S. Army Captain, Walter Richard Flannery (who was decorated with fhe Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in the Battle of the Marne); Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels; and Alexander P. Moore, Publisher and editor of the Pittsburgh Leader newspaper. Change of scene shows dense crowd filling street. Bunting decorates some areas and garlands hang high above the crowd, stretched from buildings on one side of the street to the other.e. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Detroit streets crowded with American men and women and children, some of them carry American flags, during a World War I Liberty Bond Parade. A Detroit streetcar moves amidst large crowd in front of the S.S. Kresge Co. 5&10 cent store. People walking in the street. Massive crowd in front of Central Savings Bank building. Crowd milling about near the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. A man holds a child on his shoulder and the child carries an American flag. A group carrying a mock stretcher. A group of nurses amidst large crowd in the square. A replica of the Statue of Liberty in the square as people throng around it. A superimposed picture of the Statue of Liberty.
Aerial view of a large crowd on parade in Detroit Michigan, during a Liberty Bond drive. People move on the street carrying American flags. Close-up view of cheering crowd. Men with blackface (their faces painted black) carry a decorated casket on their shoulders through the crowd of cheering men, women, and children. Elevated view of American flags and a flag with 104 stars and a "104" stitched at the base, waving as they hang from a building. Cars, streetcars, and people move on a crowded street of Detroit below.
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