U.S. DEPT. OF TREASURY PROMO FILM FOR WWII VICTORY LOAN MOTION PICTURES WAR BOND SALES 42364

Presented by the Special Events Section of the United States Dept. of Treasury, this short film is a promo for the Victory Loan Program in 1945. The film presents an overview of the motion pictures created to promote the Victory Loans — war bond sales — to continue financing the war effort. The films promoted include “Peace Comes to America“, “Stilwell Road“, “Objective Security“, “Diary of a Sergeant“, and more. The film ends with the song “We’ve Got Another Bond to Buy“ sung by Bing Crosby. The War Finance Committee was in charge of supervising the sale of all war bonds during WWII, and the War Advertising Council promoted voluntary compliance with bond buying. Popular contemporary art was used to help promote the bonds such as Any Bonds Today?, a Warner Brothers theatrical cartoon. More than a quarter of a billion dollars’ worth of advertising was donated during the first three years of the National Defense Savings Program. The government ap