Britain and America Have Over Two Million Tons More Shipping To-Day Than in August 1942
A merchant ship under a Union Jack stands on the slipway among shipyard cranes, captioned 'Launching a merchant ship in a British shipyard', with a headline claiming two million tons more shipping than in August 1942. The tell for card-stacking is a gain given against one chosen baseline with no losses, total or source; the flag and launch scene carry the claim.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No issuer named; artist Rowland Hilder; '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, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- 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
Artist Rowland Hilder; issuer not named on the item, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-110.
Text on the object
Launching a merchant ship in a British shipyard BRITAIN AND AMERICA HAVE OVER TWO MILLION TONS MORE SHIPPING TO-DAY THAN IN AUGUST 1942 Printed in England [signature:] ROWLAND HILDER
