Bond drives were campaigns used to encourage American’s to buy Treasury Bonds to help finance World War’s 1 and 2. During World War 2, between the years 1942 and 1945, American’s invested over $150 billion in bonds to finance the war. During the war movie stars from Hollywood traveled the United States raising money. Kate Smith, a popular singer, was able to raise $39 million through a radio broadcast. Other stars included Mickey Mouse and Popeye who appeared on several posters. Bette Davis attended bond rallies all over Oklahoma in efforts to help raise the money. Film star Hedy Lamarr played his part by offering to kiss anyone who purchased at least $25,000 worth of war bonds.
During World War 2 over 90 million American’s attended movies throughout the week. The movies began with a short news reel, followed by a cartoon that showed showing positive encouragement from the war, followed by the main attraction. These combat movies that came out helped instill the conceptions of courage, leadership, patriotism, and teamwork into our frame of mind. Popular movies that came out during this time were Mission to Moscow, Casablanca, Air Force, Flying Tigers, and Guadalcanal Diary. These movies showed our allies in a positive light, showed a shift from detachment into active involvement in the allied cause, and a look into what it was like participating in the war. The largest role these films played was helping to educate the population in why we were fighting this war.
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