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title: Em 1942 América Construirá 60.000 Aviões; Em 1943, 125.000 [In 1942 America Will Build 60,000 Aeroplanes; in 1943, 125,000]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-government-roosevelt-60000-125000-warplanes-portuguese-1942/
description: A V-shaped swarm of aircraft silhouettes converges on a red V framing a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a reproduced signature below and production
section: Collection
---

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# Em 1942 América Construirá 60.000 Aviões; Em 1943, 125.000 [In 1942 America Will Build 60,000 Aeroplanes; in 1943, 125,000]

A V-shaped swarm of aircraft silhouettes converges on a red V framing a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a reproduced signature below and production targets of 60,000 and 125,000 aircraft. The president's portrait and signature transfer his authority to the figures, and the ever-growing mass of planes is the bandwagon tell.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Em 1942
América Construirá
60.000
AVIÕES

Em 1943
América Construirá
125.000
AVIÕES

[signature:] Franklin D. Roosevelt

PUBLICADO PELOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMÉRICA DO NORTE
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
In 1942
America Will Build
60,000
AIRCRAFT

In 1943
America Will Build
125,000
AIRCRAFT

[signature:] Franklin D. Roosevelt

PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA
```

[← En 1942 l'Amérique construira 60.000 avions de guerre; en 1943, 125.000 \[In 1942 America will build 60,000 warplanes; in 1943, 125,000\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-government-roosevelt-60000-125000-warplanes-french-1942/) ['1942 de Amerika 60.000 harp tayyaresi yapacak' \[In 1942 America Will Build 60,000 War Planes\] (Turkish edition) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-government-roosevelt-60000-125000-warplanes-turkish-1942/)

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