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U.S. Treasury, War Finance Division, Motion Picture and Special Events DivisionMr. and Mrs. America (ca. 1945)

Mobilizing citizens on the homefront in World War II.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: U.S. Treasury, War Finance Division, Motion Picture and Special Events Division
Sponsor: N/A
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: World War II: Homefront

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Spuzz - - December 5, 2003
Subject: Need more convincing please.
Another plea to buy war bonds with plenty of talking heads, including FDR. Basically they all say the same thing. Even the president of the CIO is shown sighing as if you havent heard all of this before. But I will say that there's some pretty amazing war footage here, not all of it pretty. Check out the middle with some really unconvincing actors, or something, telling us why they bought bonds. And it all ends up (as it should) with Eddie Albert and a war bond disguising itself as an American Flag..

Reviewer: Spuzz - - December 5, 2003
Subject: Need more convincing please.
Another plea to buy war bonds with plenty of talking heads, including FDR. Basically they all say the same thing. Even the president of the CIO is shown sighing as if you havent heard all of this before. But I will say that there's some pretty amazing war footage here, not all of it pretty. Check out the middle with some really unconvincing actors, or something, telling us why they bought bonds. And it all ends up (as it should) with Eddie Albert and a war bond disguising itself as an American Flag..

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Ken Smith notes: Another harangue to buy war bonds. Notable principally for an early (first?) on-screen appearance by Eddie Albert (later star of Our Mr. Sun and Green Acres) as a greasy-faced GI. President Roosevelt also has a brief speaking role, probably one of his last. Very brief shots of dead American soldiers (including a burial at sea) and of New York harbor, wheat being harvested, and workers leaving a factory.

Eddie Albert farm wheat new york city factory workers World War II WW II dead death bury burial