Video URL


90011_18372_FDR_War_Bonds_03

1940s
B&W

This clip shows officials and civilians attempting to convince Americans to buy war bonds during World War II.

Individuals speak to the camera about their reasons for buying war bonds.

Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr., speaks from his office about the importance of buying war bonds and how they are backed by the government.

A family sits on a couch in their home; the father shows his wife and daughter the war bond papers as a narrator talks about how the security of the bond is maintained.  A cloth sack with a sign indicating its monetary value grows bigger and is superimposed on a government building; the narrator explains how your bonds will increase in value.

Henry Morgenthau Jr. speaks to the camera again before segueing to a soldier speaking earnestly to the camera. 

A bond takes the place of an American flag on a pole, blowing in the wind, and then becomes the American flag.