This black & white educational film is about celebrating twenty five years of U.S. Savings Bonds. Starring Lucille Ball. Copyright 1966.

Opening titles: The Department of Defense presents Lucille Ball in Twenty Five Years of Savings Bonds (:06-:19). Lucille Ball introduces the film. Servicemen hold savings bonds. A man holds a twenty five dollar savings bond. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt holds a savings bonds. In order to promote the program, movie stars helped – Abbott & Costello, James Cagney, Fred Astaire, Harpo Marx, Greer Garson, Kay Kyser, Lucille Ball (:20-1:45). Lucille Ball sits in a room and speaks to the viewer. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. Steve Vasilakos points at a sign, he sold savings bonds and peanuts. A huge family bought savings bonds. A sign reads: Buy War Bonds (1:46-3:14). Troops march in a parade. Lucille Ball holds flowers outside. War Bonds signs. VJ Day celebration in 1945. Statue unveiled of soldiers putting the flag at Iwo Jima. A funeral. A wall lists those lost on December 7, 1941 on the U.S.S. Arizona (3:15-4:11). Lucille Ball speaks. U.S. troops on patrol in Korea. Berlin Wall. Troops in Vietnam. Troops holding rifles board helicopters. Bombers fly overhead. Cargo is unloaded from a ship. Marines board a bus. Soldiers getting ready to leave and board a ship. Soldiers board a cargo plane (4:12-5:35). White House in Washington, D.C. $25 savings bonds. A rocket takes off from a launch pad. Savings bonds being printed. Suburban neighborhood. College campus. Children at the beach. Lucille Ball speaks about the 25th anniversary of savings bonds U.S. Treasury Department Award (5:36-6:59). End credits (7:00-7:28).

We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 — President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.”

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com