A movie in Technicolor 'Combat America': Buy extra war bonds
Red bond poster with a photograph of a flight-suited, goggled airman and a slanted label naming Major Clark Gable, who produced and narrated the film 'Combat America' for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Footer: 'Buy extra war bonds'. A known film figure in uniform lends his standing to the bond ask (testimonial).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division (Official U.S. Treasury Poster)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Treasury Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-286 (NAID 513734).
Text on the object
A MOVIE IN TECHNICOLOR "COMBAT AMERICA" PRODUCED AND NARRATED BY MAJOR CLARK GABLE FOR THE U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES BUY EXTRA WAR BONDS [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1944 O-[illegible]] OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER WFD-975
