War-Stricken Children in Britain Still Need Our Help!
A close photograph of a smudge-faced small child looking upward, under the headline 'War-Stricken Children in Britain still need our help!' and above the name of a US relief society. The tell is that one child's image carries the whole case: no figures, dates or description of the aid are given, and the donation route is not stated on the sheet.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The British War Relief Society of America, Incorporated, a member agency of the National War Fund (registered with War Relief Control Board No. 208)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (private US charity poster, no rights statement)
The British War Relief Society of America, Inc., National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-505.
Text on the object
War-Stricken Children in Britain still need our help! THE BRITISH WAR RELIEF SOCIETY OF AMERICA INCORPORATED A Member Agency of the National War Fund REGISTERED WITH WAR RELIEF CONTROL BOARD No. 208
