The German racing yacht "Germania" docked in the United States, where it is being refurbished following its purchase by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury. Views of the masts of the sail boat. Men working on deck. The ship's wheel with "Germania" painted on it. Yacht's linen with original initials of Bohlen and Halbach embroidered thereon. Views of interior, with leather easy chair. Dishes bearing seal of the Krupp-Germania shipyard in Kiel, where the yacht was built in 1908.
Animated save food public service campaign in the United States during World War 1, promoting food rationing and conservation. A man and a woman at a table. The man, who is very overweight, eats a meal. A sign in the background reads ' Eat less food this means you '. His wife, who is slender, berates him, but he ignores her. The mans walks on sidewalk, past posters reading such things as:' Hooverize food for USA ' , ' Eat less food' . He sleeps and has stomach trouble and dreams of being hit by a bull. The man in a hospital being treated with less food. A vision of Uncle Sam berates him. Later, recovered, healthy and trim, the man discards his medicines.
America enters World War I. United States Secretary of War Newton D. Baker at a desk as he shows the war bonds. Secretary Baker with a group of men as he holds the war bonds. Men outside a theater with a sign in the background promoting a grand rally and a stirring speaker. A man shakes hands with Secretary Baker and buys the bonds. Douglas Fairbanks amidst a large crowd as he promotes the sale of the war bonds.
A Liberty Bond drive in the United states World War I. Girls wearing Uncle Sam's hat march in the bond rally. People outside a building with a sign on it that reads ' Liberty Bank '. Girls line up. The one in the foreground holds an American flag. Sailors sing at the bond rally. A naval band plays and a girl sings at the rally.
From a film on "Where and Why Liberty Bonds are made." created during Liberty Bond drives in the United states during World War 1. American flag superimposed as U.S. Army soldiers march in background. Liberty Bond printing workers exit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington DC during a lunch break. A streetcar passes by on 14th Street SW in Washington DC, in front of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A large crowd gathers during a Liberty Bond drive as they carry banners that read "Damn the torpedoes, Go ahead -Farragut ". White coated waiters in a U.S. Navy sailor mess hall carry large trays of food from kitchen to mess hall, where sailors are seen eating the meal, seated at long tables. A line of new U.S. Navy recruits pass by a high counter and receive their sailor uniforms. U.S. Army soldiers march on a crowded street as they prepare to go to war in Europe during World War 1.
War material funded by Liberty Bond drive in the United states during World War 1. Naval ships being constructed with factories in the background. View of shipyard and partially completed warship. Biplanes lined up in a field. An aircraft takes off. A massive railroad gun artillery piece pulled by a locomotive on railroad track. Workers seen sittin on the whole length of the massive rail gun barrel, and then climbing down. Children sit near the rail road track. A U.S. Navy battleship of World War I anchored at harbor and a submarine underway at sea.
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