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title: Great Britain's War Industries Are Geared for Victory
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-war-industries-geared-for-victory-1942/
description: A pictograph of aircraft silhouettes (each equal to 100 planes) shows 20 planes arriving 'IN' to Britain and 80 leaving 'OUT'.
section: Collection
---

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# Great Britain's War Industries Are Geared for Victory

A pictograph of aircraft silhouettes (each equal to 100 planes) shows 20 planes arriving 'IN' to Britain and 80 leaving 'OUT', under the headline 'Great Britain's war industries are geared for victory'. The tell for card-stacking is a single export-versus-import comparison with no production, loss or source figures; 'geared for victory' is the broad virtue phrase.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR INDUSTRIES
ARE GEARED FOR VICTORY

During 1941 Great Britain sent out of the country
over four times as many planes as she brought in

EACH [plane] = 100 PLANES
IN
OUT

During 1942 she will continue to export more war machines than she imports

[imprint, faint:] BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, N. Y.
```

[← Statement by the General Council on the Vital Need of National Savings (Trades Union Congress 1942)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-tuc-statement-vital-need-national-savings-1942/) [Notice: Waste Paper and Cardboard Must Not Be Destroyed, Thrown Away or Mixed With Refuse →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-waste-paper-cardboard-notice-1942/)

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