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title: 'Our Answer: All-Out Production'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-our-answer-all-out-production-1939/
description: A giant clenched fist and forearm fill the sky among RAF-marked aircraft above a long factory hall, with workers streaming in at the foot.
section: Collection
---

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# Our Answer: All-Out Production

A giant clenched fist and forearm fill the sky among RAF-marked aircraft above a long factory hall, with workers streaming in at the foot. 'Our answer: all-out production' casts factory work as a strong reply to an unnamed threat, and the fist and the formations supply the force the words do not specify (glittering-generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
OUR ANSWER
ALL-OUT PRODUCTION

Published and distributed under the authority and direction of the Director-General of Aircraft Production.
Donated to Canada's War Effort by Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited
LITHOGRAPHED IN CANADA
```

[← The Lives of These Men Depend on Your Work](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-lives-of-these-men-depend-on-your-work-1939/) [Roll 'Em Out! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-roll-em-out-aircraft-production-alcan-1939/)

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