Linked together for safety and defense: USA and RCA, beat the promise
Company-sponsored production poster: two large grey chain links hold the red-and-white letters 'USA' and 'RCA' against a blue starry sky, under the line 'Linked together for safety and defense'. The chain joins the firm's name to the nation's (transfer), and 'Beat the promise' asks workers to deliver ahead of schedule. A different design from the hosted 'Help RCA help USA' sheet with the same slogan.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- RCA (Radio Corporation of America), company production sheet
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- 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)
RCA. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1293 (NAID 514899).
Text on the object
LINKED TOGETHER FOR SAFETY AND DEFENSE USA RCA BEAT THE PROMISE
