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title: Safe work speeds victory
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/safe-work-speeds-victory-ordnance-1941/
description: 'Long narrow banner: the words ''Safe work speeds victory'' in large blue capitals between two red-flamed bomb emblems, the Ordnance Department insignia.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Safe work speeds victory, 1941 US poster: Long narrow banner](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/safe-work-speeds-victory-ordnance-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/safe-work-speeds-victory-ordnance-1941.jpg)

# Safe work speeds victory

Long narrow banner: the words 'Safe work speeds victory' in large blue capitals between two red-flamed bomb emblems, the Ordnance Department insignia. The technique is faint; the slogan links ordinary workplace safety to the aim of victory, a glittering generality.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
SAFE WORK SPEEDS VICTORY
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, year and number illegible]
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, U.S. ARMY • KEEP 'EM SHOOTING!
```

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