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title: '''Hin nyjasta steypisprengivjel Bandaríkjanna'' [The Newest Dive Bomber of the United States] (America''s Newest Dive Bomber [Icelandic])'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-icelandic-1942/
description: A photograph of a US Navy aircraft in flight over farmland sits above an Icelandic text block, a US flag and a portrait of President Roosevelt.
section: Collection
---

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# 'Hin nyjasta steypisprengivjel Bandaríkjanna' [The Newest Dive Bomber of the United States] (America's Newest Dive Bomber [Icelandic])

A photograph of a US Navy aircraft in flight over farmland sits above an Icelandic text block, a US flag and a portrait of President Roosevelt, all framed by a blue border of stars. The flag, stars and president's portrait lend national authority to the aircraft (transfer), and the text lists only its strengths: longer range, heavier bomb, doubled factory output (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HIN NYJASTA STEYPISPRENGIVJEL
BANDARÍKJANNA

Steypisprengivjel Bandaríkjanna er eitt af nýjustu varnargögnum flotans.
Bandaríkja flotinn var sá fyrsti sem byrjaði steypisprengingar, og þessi vjel,
sem mynd er af hjer að ofan, skýtur lengra og hefur þyngri sprengikúlu en
nokkur önnur þesskonar vjel nokkursstaðar. Loftskipa verkstæði í Bandarikj-
unum hafa töfaldast nýlega og eru enn að færast í aukana.

ROOSEVELT, FORSETI
```

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

```
THE NEWEST DIVE BOMBER OF THE UNITED STATES

The dive bomber of the United States is one of the newest defence weapons of the fleet. The United States fleet was the first to begin dive-bombing, and this machine, of which a picture is shown above, shoots farther and has a heavier bomb than any other such machine anywhere. Airship [aircraft] factories in the United States have recently doubled and are still increasing.

ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT
```

[← 'אוירון-עיט החדיש' \[The New Dive Bomber\] (America's Newest Dive Bomber \[Hebrew\])](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-hebrew-1942/) ['O mais novo bombardeiro americano de mergulho' \[America's Newest Dive Bomber\] (America's Newest Dive Bomber \[Portuguese\]) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-portuguese-1942/)

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