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title: 5,000 Danish Seamen Sailing for United Nations on 800,000 Tons of Danish Ships
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/denmark-5000-danish-seamen-800000-tons-1939/
description: A ship's officer in a peaked cap, pipe in mouth and arms folded, is shown in close-up before a Danish flag, under the line '5000 Danish seamen sailing
section: Collection
---

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[![5,000 Danish Seamen Sailing for United Nations on 800,000 Tons of Danish Ships, 1939 Denmark poster: A ship's officer](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/denmark-5000-danish-seamen-800000-tons-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/denmark-5000-danish-seamen-800000-tons-1939.jpg)

# 5,000 Danish Seamen Sailing for United Nations on 800,000 Tons of Danish Ships

A ship's officer in a peaked cap, pipe in mouth and arms folded, is shown in close-up before a Danish flag, under the line '5000 Danish seamen sailing for United Nations on 800,000 tons of Danish ships'. The tell is the officer standing for all the seamen, a single face and the flag carrying the message, while the only specific is a tonnage figure with no source printed.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
5000 DANISH SEAMEN
SAILING FOR UNITED NATIONS
ON 800,000 TONS OF DANISH SHIPS

PHOTOGRAPH BY LOUISE DAHL-WOLFE
```

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