Summary

Boy Scouts salvaging paper on Paper Holiday in Peoria, IL, for war effort during World War II

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 21587
Clip SR002657_01_01.mov
Date 1/1/1944
Title Boy Scouts salvaging paper on Paper Holiday in Peoria, IL, for war effort during World War II
Description Boy Scouts giving bundles of paper to Boy Scouts at counter of small shed used as Paper Holiday depot / Boy Scouts dropping off bundles of paper at small shed, car pulls up and Boy Scouts take paper out of car and take it to shed / two shots of Boy Scouts taking paper out of same car and taking it to shed / Boy Scouts giving paper to Boy Scouts at counter in window of shed / sign on side of shed saying "Don‰Ûªt Burn Waste Paper, Call a Collector" / sign above counter of shed saying "Troop 44 Paper House" / sign on shed saying "Paper Salvage Depot" / three shots of woman and clerk at check out counter in grocery store putting her unbagged groceries into basket on hand cart / sign in store saying "Accept Your Packages Unwrapped, Paper Is In The Fight" / shot from outside grocery store of same woman coming out of store and walking away carrying her groceries in basket on hand cart / Note: exact month/day not known
Country United States
Province/State Illinois
City Peoria

Keywords

archival
newsreel
World War II
Boy Scouts
paper
bundles
salvage
grocery stores
produce
Paper Holiday
conservation
war efforts
recycling
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