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title: 'AAF Report: An Exclusive Film for War Workers'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/aaf-report-film-poster-1941/
description: 'Poster advertising a film for war-plant workers: B-17 bombers in a steep diagonal against a stormy sky under the title ''AAF Report''.'
section: Collection
---

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# AAF Report: An Exclusive Film for War Workers

Poster advertising a film for war-plant workers: B-17 bombers in a steep diagonal against a stormy sky under the title 'AAF Report', with 'the official Film Story of the Army Air Forces packed with actual combat scenes'. The tell is the appeal to the Army's own authority ('official', 'actual combat') to draw factory workers to a screening.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
An Exclusive FILM for War Workers!
AAF
REPORT
The official Film Story of
the Army Air Forces packed
with actual combat scenes
[imprint:] U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER
[imprint:] [illegible] GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [illegible]
```

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