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title: Canada's New Army Needs Men Like You
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-canadas-new-army-needs-men-like-you-1939/
description: A soldier in a steel helmet rides a motorcycle up a slope in the foreground, while a pale armoured knight on a rearing horse fills the background.
section: Collection
---

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[![Canada's New Army Needs Men Like You, 1939 Canada poster: A soldier in a steel helmet rides a motorcycle up a slope](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-canadas-new-army-needs-men-like-you-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-canadas-new-army-needs-men-like-you-1939.jpg)

# Canada's New Army Needs Men Like You

A soldier in a steel helmet rides a motorcycle up a slope in the foreground, while a pale armoured knight on a rearing horse fills the background. The medieval figure lends its chivalric prestige to mechanised army service (transfer), and the headline addresses the viewer directly: 'Canada's new army needs men like you'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CANADA'S NEW ARMY
NEEDS
MEN LIKE YOU
ISSUED FOR THE DEPT. OF NATIONAL DEFENCE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, OTTAWA.
PRINTED IN CANADA
Aldwinckle
CLOUTIER
```

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