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
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ordnance Department, U.S. Army (Keep 'Em Shooting!)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, 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)
Ordnance Department, U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1660 (NAID 515327).
Text on the object
SAFE WORK SPEEDS VICTORY [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, year and number illegible] ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, U.S. ARMY • KEEP 'EM SHOOTING!
