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Allies in the Shipyards, 1939 UK poster: A large photograph of a ship on the stocks sits beside a column of Allied national

Allies in the Shipyards

A large photograph of a ship on the stocks sits beside a column of Allied national flags, with six small photographs of workers captioned Norway, Fighting France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and Norway. The text says all are workers in the same British shipyard. The tell is transfer: the flags and national labels attach the prestige of the occupied Allied nations to the British yard.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Not stated; imprint 'Printed in England'
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
United Kingdom
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Churchill Government
Leader
Winston Churchill
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Reassure
Themes
War and the military, Labor, Home front
Event
World War II
Regime
Churchill wartime government
Leader
Winston Churchill
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (British wartime poster, imprint as stated in notes)
Not stated; imprint 'Printed in England'. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-68c.

Text on the object

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

ALLIES IN THE SHIPYARDS
[photo captions:] NORWAY / FIGHTING FRANCE / POLAND / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / BELGIUM / NORWAY
THE WORKERS PORTRAYED ABOVE, ARE ALL
WORKERS IN THE SAME BRITISH SHIPYARD!
[imprint:] PRINTED IN ENGLAND

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