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title: War Planes [Blank]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-war-planes-blank-roosevelt-1942/
description: A blue inverted triangle filled with rows of aircraft silhouettes, led by a large four-engined bomber, narrows to a circular portrait of Franklin D.
section: Collection
---

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# War Planes [Blank]

A blue inverted triangle filled with rows of aircraft silhouettes, led by a large four-engined bomber, narrows to a circular portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt set in a red V, above a facsimile signature and two empty caption panels. The tells are transfer, in the president's portrait and signature lending authority to the aircraft, and bandwagon, in the massed formation implying overwhelming numbers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

Original (none) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
(no text except the facsimile signature) Franklin D Roosevelt
```

[← In 1942 Sal Amerika 60.000 Oorlogsvliegtuie Bou / In 1943 Sal Amerika 125.000 Oorlogsvliegtuie Bou \[In 1942 America will build 60,000 war planes / In 1943 America will build 125,000 war planes\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-war-planes-afrikaans-1942/) [Учись бить врага, как снайпер гвардеец Иван Федорок! (Learn to Beat the Enemy like Guards Sniper Ivan Fedorok!) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ussr-learn-to-beat-the-enemy-sniper-fedorok-1942/)

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