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Public Domain Stock Footage Newsreels 1941 April 17
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Synopsis: Baby Bonds for Defense, Jimmy Roosevelt Weds Nurse, Stock Exchange Head Drafted, The Battle of Britain, Navy Blimp Crashes in Swamp, Fires Sweep Jersey Woodland, Pretty Girls Are "Up in the Air", Giants Top Dodgers in Opener, Pretty Diving Star Shows How...(see more)
Information: 1941 8 min BW (SOUND/SILENT)
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United States
Baby Bonds For Defense
First of the Treasury Department’s “Defense” financing stamps and bonds roll off the presses, prelude to a nation-wide campaign to pay for our huge preparedness program. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urges all Americans to enlist in the drive. Shows members of the Price-Control Board created by President Roosevelt. Leon Henderson is head of the group.

United States
Jimmy Roosevelt Weds Nurse
The President’s eldest son, and his former nurse, Romelle Schneider, are married in simple ceremonies at the home of friends. The First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, arrives by plane in time for the nuptials.

United States
Stock Exchange Head Drafted
William McChesney Martin Jr., $49,000-a-year President of the New York Stock Exchange, is inducted into the “draft” army, along with a former page boy who was earning $16 a week. Both take pay cuts!

England
The Battle of Britain
London stores its debris and masonry from bomb-wrecked buildings in Hyde Park, while intensive drills are staged to acquaint all persons with gas mask technique and procedure.—Britain’s new mobile defense batteries can be rushed to any danger zone—and speak in a way any Dictator could understand. Citizens wearing gas masks.

United States
Navy Blimp Crashes in Swamp
Like a hobgoblin in distress, the Navy’s new training blimp, “L-2,” ends up in a tangled mass of fabric after falling into a swamp during a take-off. The crew is unhurt, but it’s a big job to salvage the wreckage.

United States
Fires Sweep Jersey Woodland
The worst forest fires in years ravage thousands of acres. Wardens and volunteers battle the flames by day and night, as damage runs into the millions of dollars!

United States
Pretty Girls are "Up in the Air"
Preparing for aviation jobs in peace or war, girls and women by the hundreds are learning to fly—and doing it fast! At the Emery-Riddle School, they learn from the “ground up”—and up they go! Mass flying by top-notch girl pilots!

United States
Giants Top Dodgers in Opener
The National League pennant race gets off to a gala start (for Giant fans), as the “Terrymen” defeat the home-pride lads in a bang-up exhibition of baseball. The final score is 6-4.

United States
Pretty Diving Star Shows How
Helen Crienkovitch, U.S. champ, demonstrates the new technique for diving instruction, beginning with safety-belt dives to gain confidence. The final tests are the most fun—and thrilling to watch!