Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Pathe
21587
SR002657_01_02.mov
1/1/1944
People salvaging paper on Paper Holiday in Peoria, IL, for war effort during World War II
VS office workers coming out of building in downtown Peoria, carrying bundles of paper and stacking them on sidewalk while men load bundles into back of truck / two shots of three people on sidewalk tearing up cardboard Japanese and Nazi flags and putting torn up pieces into box with word "Scrap" on it / two shots of woman coming out of store carrying bundle of paper, woman puts sign in window of store saying "Accept Your Packages Unwrapped, Paper Is In The Fight", paper pouring out of box in window / CU sign and display in window / CU same sign in window of store / four shots of clerk in clothing store bundling up clothes for woman standing at counter and wrapping them unbagged with string / she walks out of store with unbagged bundle / man and woman coming down steps of house carrying bundles of paper and leaving them on curb / Note: exact month/day not known
United States
Illinois
Peoria

Keywords

archival
newsreel
World War II
paper
bundles
salvage
Paper Holiday
office buildings
workers
trucks
clothing
stores
conservation
war efforts
Japanese flags
Nazi flags
cardboard
recycling
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