5th World War I bond drive (Victory bond drive) parade on a rainy day in an American city. Sign on truck advertising Victory Bonds. Memorial statue showing group of World War I soldiers. A fountain beneath the statue. Parade passes reviewers on hotel balcony decorated with bunting and a canopy over the heads of the guests. Two soldiers ride in a Holt tractor and spin it around in circles. Crowd gathers around soldiers with a 155mm field Artillery piece, which they fire apparently producing smoke but no significant sound. U.S. soldiers drive army trucks up the steps of what appears to be a large memorial building.
Huge outdoor exhibition of Military equipment in Grant Park, Chicago. A huge American flag is spread across a tall open steel tower, behind a stage. Thousands of visitors mingle with U.S. soldiers exhibiting military weapons and vehicles in conjunction with Liberty bond drive. Flag raising ceremony is punctuated by firing of artillery. Artillerymen demonstrate operation of a huge mortar affixed to a heavy steel raised platform. Hundreds of officials gather on stage of the fairground. An orchestra performs in front of the stage. View of Michigan Avenue across from exhibition ground. Sidewalk jammed with people. Large Victory monuments stand at edge of Grant Park. Museum seen in background.
A U.S. Army band marches in street of Philadelphia, leading parade of soldiers for a Victory bond drive. Sidewalks are filled with spectators. As part of the parade, two soldiers in a Holt tractor spin it around several times as they turn a corner. They are followed by a Holt tractor pulling a large piece of field artillery. Another Holt tractor is seen pulling an even larger artillery piece. A contingent of marching troops is followed by an Army ambulance. Curious onlookers surround a very large artillery piece parked on the sidewalk.
Liberty loan drive in United States. A Naval band plays as it marches through a monumental arch in a U.S. city, as a part of Liberty Bond drive during World War I. United States sailors march through the arch and into a street in a city. Spectators line the sidewalks and watch the sailors as they parade in the city streets. A military ambulance follows the marching sailors.
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.
America's counter attack in World War I. United States Army soldiers on a field during Battle of Cantigny in France, World War I. Explosions occur and smoke rises. View of low slung horizontal razor wire in front of artillery emplacements. U.S. 1st Division soldiers fire artillery from behind sand bag mounds. American soldiers load a mortar shell and fire it from the trench. Soldiers hang shells through the trench to load larger artillery pieces. With shells being fired overhead, the soldiers go over the top of the trench and begin to cross field. A French tank in the background.
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