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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.
The military career of General Dwight D Eisenhower from 1926 to World War II
Film starts showing Dwight D. Eisenhower's diploma as honor graduate of the Army Command and Staff School, in 1926. Image of Major Eisenhower (in civilian clothes) Narrator says he was assigned to France, to prepare a guide book on American battlefields in Europe. Image of Eisenhower as a member of General Douglas MacArthur's staff in the Philippines, where MacArthur was Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine army. Glimpse of headquarters building there. MacArthur in his office helping the Commonwealth of Philippines work out a plan for its military defense. Image of Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower in 1939, serving as Executive Officer of the 15th Regiment, at Fort Lewis, Washington, View of the Regiment's Headquarters building. Scene shifts to 1940, showing German forces invading Holland and Belgium. German tanks are seen in action. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers and Heinkel 111 bombers drop bombs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen as Congress passed the Selective Service Act draft in the United States. Views of Lt. Col. Eisenhower as Chief of Staff of the Army 3rd Division and later as Chief of Staff of the Ninth Corps. Next, he is seen as Chief of Staff to General Walter kreuger, who in 1941 led the Third Army in the most realistic maneuvers held by American troops (The Louisiana maneuvers). Views of American troops engaged in those maneuvers. Image of Eisenhower as a Brigadier General. Views of the Pearl Harbor bombing on December 7th 1941.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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