Liberty Loan Drive in United States during World War I. Captured German tanks of World War I paraded on streets in New York, United states. Floats decorated as ships, vessels, barrage balloons and medical aid room at the parade. Float of Chemical Warfare Department. People gather to look at the parade. A barrage balloon of the U.S. Army Air Service.
The Secretary of Treasury, Williams Gibbs McAdoo presents an announcement of Navy Liberty Loan Day to Rear Admiral Thomas Jefferson Cowie in Washington DC, United States. Announcement dated 13 October, 1918. The two men shake hands. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
After having used cardboard cutouts of the Kaiser and German Crown Prince, in the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive, U.S. sailors dispose of them. Sailors are lined up at the Naval Supply Depot in New York City, watching as several of them hang a cardboard cutout effigy of the Kaiser over scraps of wood, which they set afire. All the sailors jump and cheer as the smoke and flames rise. They throw paper on the fire to help it burn. Others swing a cardboard effigy of the German Crown Prince, over the fire. As the sailors dance about and cheer, and the fire burns, one of them performs acrobatic tricks in front of the camera. Others come forward and dance for the camera. Finally, a hose is brought to the scene and used to extinguish the fire. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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)
Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations, in Paris, France- marking the end of World War II in Europe. United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft flies over Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). People gather in large numbers to celebrate the end of World War 2, in Europe. A group of people at Arc de Triomphe waves a French flag. People gathered in large numbers. Allied flags carried by people. A man reads a newspaper with a headline that reads 'Victory'.
Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in England. British people gather in large numbers outside the Buckingham Place, London, England. People carry British flags. Women and children loaded onto a horse drawn cart as it moves across the street. People appear jubilant and cheerful as the World War II comes to an end in Europe.
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