Good news from home: Tanks, planes, guns, ships. More production
A smiling helmeted soldier counts on his fingers while the words 'Tanks Planes Guns Ships' run down the right side, with 'More Production' in a bar below. The soldier acts as the voice of the front line speaking to war workers, a testimonial that presents output as the news soldiers want from home.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board (artist Steven Dohanos)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-910 (NAID 514415).
Text on the object
Good news from home TANKS PLANES GUNS SHIPS MORE PRODUCTION [signature:] Steven Dohanos WAR PRODUCTION BOARD—A6 [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—458371
