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World War 2 film promoting public investment in War Bonds and stamps to aid the war effort and tamper inflation

Show girls in follies-like show, costumed as U.S. silver dollars and marching to tune and lyrics alluding to dramatic increase of currency in circulation, over the years. Animation with stacks of coins shows increase in national income from $46 billion,in 1933, to $71 billion, in 1939, and $142 billion in 1943. Back to the "follies dollars," a boy asks why, and then scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,are shown, with U.S. battleships being sunk. Wartime arms plants are shown. An M2A3 Light Tank rolls off a production line. Ships being constructed in a shipyard. B-24 Liberator bombers being built in a factory. Artillery shells being produced. Defense workers receiving their pay. The "follies dollars" group themselves to illustrate the fractions of income devoted to taxes and savings. But other spending is curtailed by wartime shortages. A woman talking with clerk in a drug store. U.S. Army troops crossing a pontoon bridge in open trucks, towing 75mm M1A1 howitzers. Infantry on the march. Animation showing industrial production devoted to war materiel and lots of dollars chasing few civilian goods. A grocery clerk offers to sell a woman customer butter for more than the established price, and she agrees. The "follies" performers then introduce the idea of an "inflationary dollar," and some history of past U.S. inflations. Animated examples of price inflation are shown. Glimpses of World War I scenes are seen, including: a 12-inch railway gun firing; a huge explosion from shell bursting near the camera; various scenes of infantry in action. Meanwhile, singing narration refers to the home front inflation due to competition for limited civilian goods. Map shows Europe and singing narration cites rising prices for food in occupied France and other countries suffering ravages of World War II. Montage of scenes showing needy civilians obtaining food in those countries. Animation shows increases, by 1944, in cost of U.S. civilian goods since the Pearl Harbor attack. "Follies" character called "Double-duty dollar," appears explaining he serves the war and curtails inflation on the home front by being saved through investments in War Bonds and stamps.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 8 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032018
Troops of the British Expeditionary Force in Europe during the "phony war," at beginning of World War II

Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) marching informally, on the cobblestone streets of a town on the Belgian—French border during the so-called "Phoney War," at start of World War 2, in 1939. Some local residents watch and wave to the troops. Some children are seen, including a small girl held in her mother's arms. Soldier on bicycle and a canvas-covered utility vehicle are seen along with the marching infantry. The atmosphere is relaxed with no hint of hostilities.

Location: France
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053844
United States ambassador to France William Bullitt aboard ship Ile De France in New York City.

United States Ambassador to France William C. Bullitt aboard the ocean liner SS Ile De France in New York, United States. William C. Bullitt smiles after attending a Congress committee meeting to discuss the possibility of war in Europe. Bullitt takes off his hat and smiles as he boards the ocean liner ship SS Ile De France.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939, January 23
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059005
French General Requin reviews troops and speaks with journalists at a village in France during World War II.

French General Requin speaks with journalists in France during World War II. French General Requin arrives in a staff car and reviews tank troops in a village in France. The officers standing in front of their tanks wait to receive badges. General Requin with French War Correspondents Joseph Kessel, Emmanuel Bourcier, Edouard Helsey, Maurice Noel, Jacques Boulanger, Academician Jerome Tharaud. A French soldier in a ditch demonstrates the use of double barreled antiaircraft machine gun. General Requin and the journalists look at the machine gun.

Location: France
Date: 1939, October
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064163
American and European teams compete in a Roller Skating Catch in Paris, France.

American and European teams compete in a Roller Skating Catch in Paris, France. Women roller skate on the track in Paris, France. Two of them slip while others watch. Some other skaters also slip and fall. People help them.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1939
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034119
View of Eiffel Tower and Louvre museum during spring in Paris, France.

Scenic views of Paris in spring. A view of the Eiffel Tower from outskirts of Paris, France. Flowers in the foreground. Chestnut trees in front of the Louvre Museum (Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France). A bridge over the stream. Chestnut trees in blossom in Bois de Boulogne. Traffic on the road. Cars go for races to Auteuil or Longchamps.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1939, April
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053610
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