![A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 5 [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas], 1942 US poster: A photo-collage](../images/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-5-portuguese-1942.jpg)
A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 5 [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas]
A photo-collage news sheet shows US airmen in England, US Red Cross workers beside a wrecked gun in Libya, Brazilian Army cadets on parade, US troops at field Mass on a Pacific island and US tank-destroyer troops in face paint. Only Allied strength and piety are pictured (card-stacking), and the Brazilian cadets are set beside US forces under the same banner (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Coordenador dos Assuntos Interamericanos), Commerce Department Building, Washington, D.C.
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US federal government work; Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs imprint)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
A GUERRA ILUSTRADA NOTÍCIAS DAS AMÉRICAS Aviadores estadunidenses na Inglaterra preparam-se para atacar posições nazis. Agentes da Cruz Vermelha norte-americana contemplam um canhão destruído na Líbia. Futuros oficiais do Exército brasileiro passam em revista na Escola Militar do Brasil. Tropas estadunidenses celebrando missa campal numa ilha do Pacífico. Tropas típicas destruidoras de tanques do Exército norte-americano. No. 5 Publicado pelo Coordenador dos Assuntos Interamericanos Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
THE WAR ILLUSTRATED NEWS OF THE AMERICAS American airmen in England prepare to attack Nazi positions. Agents of the North American Red Cross look at a destroyed gun in Libya. Future officers of the Brazilian Army pass in review at the Military School of Brazil. American troops celebrating field Mass on an island in the Pacific. Typical tank-destroying troops of the North American Army. No. 5 Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Commerce Department Building, Washington, D.C.
