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Propaganda
The War was fought in waiting rooms and store windows, on the walls of post offices and factory floors and on big-city billboards "“ anywhere a poster would help individualize the struggle for ordinary citizens. That message often fell within the definition of propaganda: the deliberate spread of facts or ideas to aid one's cause or hinder another's. Both sides deployed the tactic.
The War was fought in waiting rooms and store windows, on the walls of post offices and factory floors and on big-city billboards "“ anywhere a poster would help individualize the struggle for ordinary citizens. That message often fell within the definition of propaganda: the deliberate spread of facts or ideas to aid one's cause or hinder another's. Both sides deployed the tactic.
59 records found for “Propaganda” |
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One of the most requested WWII posters. It was created by Wesley in 1943 for the Office of War Information.
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-227A)
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Poster depicting Dorie Miller, who received a Navy Cross for his efforts at Pearl Harbor. Done by David Stone Martin.
Source: National Archives (WDNS-208-PMP-68)
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Airplane propellers ready for shipment from a Hartford, CT plant. Workers are reminded that "Every Minute Counts." June 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USE6-D-008096)
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Second Lieutenant Mildred L. Osby of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Washington, D.C. November 1942.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3-010677)
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Emotional production poster to keep the effort high at home
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-633)
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A call for civility on the home front.
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Encouragement to buy war bonds created by Lawrence B. Smith, 1942
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-97)
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Urging workers not to slow down.
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-179-WP-1256)
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War scene encouraging workers to keep production up. Created by Heaslip.
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-886)
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Poster applauding the working woman, done by Packer for the Office of War Information.
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-911)
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Poster urging those at home to join a car club to conserve gas. Created by Von Schmidt, 1944
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-200(S)-PSC-16)
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Poster created for the Office of War Information to watch what you say.
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-99)
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In the September 20, 1943 issue of LIFE magazine published the first image of dead American servicemen that American civilians had been allowed to see in the twenty-one months since Pearl Harbor.
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Famous James Montgomery Flagg recruiting poster.
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-71)
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A plea, narrated by Henry Fonda, for increased committment by Americans to win the war. (15:07)
Source: Produced by Twentieth Century-Fox
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The penultimate test of U.S. Marine Corps amphibious doctrine and practice. By the end of 1944, American forces had secured from Japan control of the Mariana Islands to provide air bases for B-29 strategic bombers that could strike Japan. En route to Japan, these bombers flew over Iwo Jima (Sulphur . . .
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U.S. Government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese-American citizens. (9:25)
Source: Produced by the U.S. Office of War Information
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War movies gave the impression that all Japanese looked the same, and they were really bad people.
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She suspected the enemy of using propaganda, but not the U.S. government.
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Production poster to stop accidents
Source: National Archives (NWDNS-44-PA-117B)
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