Produce for Victory!
A colour photographic poster of a French soldier in a kepi aiming a rifle, above a quotation in his voice that France will live again and thanks America. A foreign fighter is quoted as endorsing American production (testimonial), with 'liberty-equality-fraternity' and 'freedom' as broad virtue words.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The Sheldon-Claire Co., Chicago
- 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, Economy and finance, 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)
The Sheldon-Claire Co. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1559 (NAID 515224).
Text on the object
"France will live again...in liberty- equality-fraternity. Thanks, America...together we will bring back our freedom...and you shall keep your freedom forever!" PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! [credit line:] COURTESY BRITISH PRESS SERVICE [imprint:] Copyright 1942 - The Sheldon-Claire Co., 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago [imprint:] Lithographed in U.S.A. Form No. [illegible]
