Recreation and Athletics (partial, color slide)
Cropped, pink-toned color transparency of the left two thirds of the Special Service chart 'Recreation and Athletics': manuals, a soldier-play photograph, volleyball, Guest House buildings. It shows only what Special Service supplies; the technique is faint here.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. War Department, Army Special Service Division
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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)
U.S. War Department, Army Special Service Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1620B (NAID 515286).
Text on the object
RECREATION and [cropped] ATHLETICS Special Service issues athletic equipment through Service Commands and in kits for overseas troops. It also provides training manuals and instructional materials on athletics and physical conditioning. Supplies for games, whether simple or requiring full equipment, are provided by Special Service. Publications and materials are issued to help produce good soldier plays, such as "The Women", illustrated above. Army Motion Picture S[cropped] 800 theaters for soldie[cropped] and distributes films t[cropped] FACILITIES Special Service designs, furnishes and equips buildings such as libraries, theaters, Service Clubs, and Guest Houses. It also supplies funds and issues regulations for control of hostesses and librarians. [Pictured covers, partly legible: Care and Maintenance of Athletic Equipment; "At Ease" Comedy Sketches; "At Ease" Minstrel Shows; Music and Lyrics for Musical Comedies and Revues; GUEST HOUSE (sign)]
Frame is cropped; words cut at the right edge are marked [cropped].
