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title: Help British Guiana to Work for Victory
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-help-british-guiana-to-work-for-victory-1939/
description: A painting of three shirtless men working a drilling rig, captioned 'Oil-drilling crew', above the line 'Help British Guiana to work for Victory'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Help British Guiana to Work for Victory, 1939 UK poster: A painting of three shirtless men working a drilling rig, captioned](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-help-british-guiana-to-work-for-victory-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-help-british-guiana-to-work-for-victory-1939.jpg)

# Help British Guiana to Work for Victory

A painting of three shirtless men working a drilling rig, captioned 'Oil-drilling crew', above the line 'Help British Guiana to work for Victory'. The tell is the virtue word 'Victory' standing in for any stated task or measure, with colonial labour presented as a contribution to the war effort.

## 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

```
Oil-drilling crew

Help British Guiana
to work for VICTORY

[signature:] NUNNEY
[imprint:] G.P.D. 365/38/17
```

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