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Crowds gather in Washington, DC, and celebrate the armistice bringing World War I to an end.
View from moving vehicle of crowds milling about on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, DC, near the U.S. Treasury building. They wave American flags and celebrate the armistice ending World War 1. Closer look of some people celebrating with the White House in the background. Crowd in Southeast corner of Lafayette Park with many standing on the base of the statue of Marquis De Lafayette.Cars with American flags moving slowly through the crowd. People celebrating in front of the White House. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
William Gibbs McAdoo opens the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign in Washington DC. He honors French Legionnaires
In World War I, As part of the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, William Gibbs McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, raises the French flag over the treasury building in Washington DC. He is honoring the First Regiment of the French Foreign Legion and shakes hand with members. Soldiers marching. Secretary shows flag.
Celebrities and parade launch the Third Liberty Loan campaign in Washington DC.
Hollywood celebrities Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and Marie Dressler ride in horse-drawn carriages in a military parade to launch the Third Liberty Loan Drive, in Washington DC. United States Army troops parade behind them. Policemen on bicycles, accompany them. Crowds of spectators line the sidewalks of Pennsylvania Avenue to watch. The U.S. Capitol can be seen in the far background. The parade turns left on 14th Street. Change of scene shows the four celebrities mobbed by fans, on the street. Fairbanks and Chaplin wave their hats. All shake hands with enthusiastic spectators. Next, Douglas Fairbanks is seen standing above the crowd encouraging them to buy Liberty Bonds. Closeup of Mary Pickford in the crowd. Marie Dressler is seen above the crowd adding her encouragement for Liberty Bond sales. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin sell bonds during parade for Third Liberty Loan Drive in Washington DC.
Charles Chaplin giving an impassioned speech to sell bonds during the Third Liberty Loan campaign, in Washington, DC. He then conducts a military band (unseen). Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks each make their appeals to the crowd. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler and Douglas Fairbanks at launch of Third Liberty Loan campaign in Washington DC.
Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler and Douglas Fairbanks during Third Liberty Loan Drive in Washington DC. Chaplin and Dressler perform a comic tango, as an Army band plays music. Fairbanks harangues the crowd, good-naturedly, to to buy bonds. sells some bonds to several pleased-looking women. Pickford, a bunch of orchids pinned to her waist, sells bonds to the crowd. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Navy parade launching Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in Washington DC.
U.S. Navy sailors parade along Pennsylvania Avenue to launch the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in Washington DC. The U.S. Capitol is seen clearly in the background. A tall sign is seen above the skyline, advertising Kelly Springfield tires. The parade continues past the Post Office Building on the South and the Willard Hotel to the North, and turns North on 14th Street, with a huge brass band playing near the front. A few people ride in a bus festooned with flags and signs reading "Fourth Liberty Loan" and "Buy Your Bond Today." Marchers are seen passing the State, War,and Navy Building, (Old Executive Office Building) at Pennsylvania and 17th Street. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)