Uncle Sam Speaks: Posters and Broadsides
US Savings Bonds and Stamps
US Savings Bonds and Stamps
This video recording is a compilation of U.S. savings bond and stamp promotions; some in the form of public service announcements, some short scripted campaign messages delivered by television show casts or individual characters. The video was used in a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) exhibit entitled "Uncle Sam Speaks: Posters and Broadsides" and includes celebrities such as Bing Crosby and John Wayne; cartoon characters such as Bullwinkle and Bugs Bunny; and the casts of "Cheers," "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Father Knows Best," and "Lassie."
Twenty-Five Years of Savings Bonds - Lucille Ball
This film features Lucille Ball reviewing the history of the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds, beginning in 1941 when President Franklin Roosevelt called on Hollywood notables to help promote their purchase, and continuing on through importance of selling bonds during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.