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title: Did you get him enough... on time?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/did-you-get-him-enough-on-time-1945/
description: Film-promotion poster showing a close photograph of a grimy, helmeted soldier who looks straight at the viewer.
section: Collection
---

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# Did you get him enough... on time?

Film-promotion poster showing a close photograph of a grimy, helmeted soldier who looks straight at the viewer, beside a headline that turns a question about factory output into a question about the front line. The headline reads 'Did you get him ENOUGH... ON TIME?'. The question puts the reader's own output in the soldier's place at the battle line, and the sheet advertises a 20-minute film, 'Enough and On Time'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Did you get him
ENOUGH...
ON TIME?
See "Enough and On Time," the
dramatic film that links YOU to
the battle line!
Running time 20 minutes
DISTRIBUTION: AAF (5); AGF (5); ASF (2); Tech Sv (10); PE (Tng Off) (10); Sub PE (Tng Off) (5); Cargo PE (Tng Off) (5); Ars (Tng Off) (5); ASF Dep (Tng Off) (10); Dep under jurisdiction of ASF (Tng Off) (5); Div Eng (10); Pro Dist (Tng Off) (10); TZ (Tng Off) (50); Dist Eng (10); (No overseas distribution).
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-634363
[imprint:] WAR DEPARTMENT POSTER No. 38-1
```

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