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title: Keep 'em ALL flying!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-all-flying-1943/
description: 'Company-sponsored poster: a grid of 33 national flags, each with a small scene and country label, around five marching figures (worker, soldier, sailor.'
section: Collection
---

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# Keep 'em ALL flying!

Company-sponsored poster: a grid of 33 national flags, each with a small scene and country label, around five marching figures (worker, soldier, sailor, marine, woman war worker) carrying a U.S. flag under the heading 'United Nations'. The sponsor's tag line sits at the foot. Allied flags and symbols lend unity and prestige to the sponsor's name, a transfer; the slogan itself is a broad rallying phrase.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
KEEP 'EM ALL FLYING!
UNITED NATIONS
[flag labels:] UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, U.S.S.R. (RUSSIA), AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, IRAQ, HONDURAS, INDIA, UNITED STATES, LUXEMBOURG, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PANAMA, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, YUGOSLAVIA, BOLIVIA, DENMARK
[signature: H. STEFFAN MAY 1, 1943]
The industry that serves all [caret insertion: War] industry ... Koppers Company and Affiliates
[imprint: PRINTED IN U.S.A.]
```

[← Just the beginning....](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/just-the-beginning-rollin-kirby-1943/) [Keep 'em coming! Your ideas are on the attack →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-coming-your-ideas-are-on-the-attack-1943/)

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