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Animated public promotion: Importance of Liberty Loans for the United States war effort during World War I.

An animated cartoon shows Uncle Sam and Liberty Loans near a United States War chest as they open it. Highlights how the various Liberty Loans helped American forces to equip, transport men and fight World War 1. Uncle Sam throws his socks, purse, coat, shirt and hat into the chest. The last bond message is after victory:"To pay back our debts and bring back our boys." Final message is "Sure we'll get the job done." Then animated hand writes: "Animation by Ford."

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048817
President Wilson greets air mail pilots in Washington DC, United States.

Air mail service in United States. A cab with a sign on it that reads 'United States Air mail service'. Men with mail bags at Bolling field in Washington DC, United States. President Woodrow Wilson's car arrives. President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith Wilson. An envelope symbolizes the starting of air mail service in United States. Men seal the mail bags and load them onto the plane, pilots write on a piece of paper. President Wilson greets the pilots and talks to them. Pilots get into the plane to carry the mail by air for the first time.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049051
Planes lined up on a field in France during World War I.

Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Curtain of a hangar drawn open and men of United States 94th Aero Squadron push a plane out of the hangar. Planes lined up on a field in France. Men work on planes and some stand next to the aircraft during an alert. Men push a plane as it prepares to take off from Toul air field.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049083
U.S. Army Army Service pilots in France, including Eddie Rickenbacker in a Spad VIII; aircraft taking off in France during World War I.

Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War 1. Several American pilots are shown in their aircraft. Opening scene shows pilot clad in heavy flying suit, helmet and goggles, climbing into cockpit of a De Havilland DH-4 aircraft, as another officer stands nearby. An army ground crewman steps to the propeller and slowly rotates it to clear any hydraulic lock. He then stands ready to pull it through for a start. Closeup of pilot in the cockpit. Another ground crewman joins hands with the first to help him as they pull the prop through and the engine starts. The aircraft taxis out, with a rear gunner also aboard. Halfway through the film, Eddie Rickenbacker is seen in a Spad VIII. Rickenbacker in the cockpit. Plane taxis before take off. Aircraft takes off with hangar in the background. Men push a plane with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft, the aircraft takes off. Plane in flight. Pilot in the cockpit of a Nieuport aircraft. Aircraft seen taking off and in flight.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049084
Men of United States 94th Aero Squadron decorate a plane in France during World War I.

Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. An Army Captain, pilot, in the cockpit of an aircraft. "Hat in Ring" Squadron insignia plainly visible on fuselage. He takes off his flight gear, and hops down from the plane in France. Ground crewmen of United States 94th Aero Squadron perform maintenance on an aircraft. The "Hat in Ring" insignia and large numeral "1" on the fuselage. Airfield is quite muddy.

Date: 1918
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049086
Men of United States 94th Aero Squadron work a Spad plane in France during World War I.

Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Three men work on a Spad plane in a muddy field. A man with a letter arrives and reads out the contents of the letter to them. Men appear jubilant after reading the letter and celebrate.

Date: 1918
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049087