Illustration: a dossier collage of an evidence wall of pinned propaganda posters, leaflets and printed matter from many eras, with contact sheets and catalog labels.

Guides

Propaganda guides

All of the archive's guide pages in one list: propaganda by country, era and medium, with definitions and how to spot it. Each links to the original posters and sources.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi propaganda posters: 10 posters and 31 other items from 1933 to 1945 Ten Nazi propaganda posters and 31 photographs, signs, newspaper pages and other items, 1933 to 1945, with issuer, audience and technique for each.
Hitler propaganda: Nazi Party images and Allied portrayals Hitler propaganda: Nazi Party and state images of him, and Allied and Soviet portrayals, with issuer, date and technique for each.
Joseph Goebbels: who he was and what the propaganda ministry did Who Joseph Goebbels was, the offices he held 1926 to 1945, what the Reich Propaganda Ministry did, and the 'big lie' attribution, with 14 archive images.
Fascist propaganda in Italy, Spain and Portugal Fascist propaganda from Mussolini's Italy, Franco's Spain (both Civil War sides) and Salazar's Portugal: posters, front pages and photographs, sourced.

Fascist Italy and Spain

Spanish Civil War propaganda posters Spanish Civil War propaganda posters and front pages from the Republican, Nationalist and Francoist sides, with sources and rights shown. One standard.

Soviet Union and Russia

Soviet and Russian propaganda posters by technique Soviet and Russian propaganda posters from 1917 to 2022, tagged by technique, with issuer, source and rights shown. Same method for every side.
Stalin propaganda: posters, leaflets and cartoons for and against Stalin propaganda in the collection: Soviet cult-of-personality posters, scapegoating sheets, and Finnish, US and Slovak sheets against him, with sources.
Communist propaganda in the collection, by country and technique Communist propaganda from the USSR, China, North Korea, East Germany and Cuba: Stalin-era sheets, Cold War items, techniques and sources shown.
Russian propaganda from the Empire to the present Russian propaganda from 1914 to 2023: war loans, Soviet posters and broadcasts, MH17, the IRA and 2022 war posters, tagged by technique, sources shown.
Agitprop: meaning, origin and later use Agitprop explained: Plekhanov and Lenin, the 1920 Soviet agitation department, agit-trains and ROSTA windows, and later political theatre.

China

Chinese propaganda posters, 1936 to 2021 Chinese propaganda posters from the Republic and the People's Republic, 1936 to 2021, with Cultural Revolution-era sheets tagged by technique and sourced.

Korea

North Korean propaganda: Juche, songun and the leader cult North Korean state propaganda and Korean War leaflets: Juche, songun and leader-cult murals, newspapers and broadcasts, plus UN Command messages.
Korean War propaganda: posters and leaflets from both sides Korean War propaganda posters and leaflets from the UN Command, North Korea and China, with the germ-warfare charge and US rebuttal, sourced.
Propaganda leaflets: examples by technique and issuer Propaganda leaflets from 1828 to 2003, dropped on armies or handed to voters, from many issuers, tagged by technique, with source and rights shown.

Cuba

Cuban propaganda posters, cartoons and broadcasts, 1896 to 2026 Cuban propaganda from every side: 1890s war cartoons, the Platt Amendment era, 1959 revolution items and Radio Marti, with sources and rights shown.
Cold War radio propaganda: stations and sources Cold War radio propaganda from both blocs: Radio Free Europe, Voice of America, Radio Swan, Radio Moscow and Hanoi, tagged by technique, with sources.

Ukraine war and disinformation

Ukraine war propaganda from Crimea in 2014 to 2023 Propaganda in the Ukraine war, 2014 to 2023: Russian posters and addresses, Ukrainian billboards and stamps, tagged by technique, same tests for both.
Fake news: what it means, where it came from, documented cases Fake news means fabricated stories made to look like journalism, and a label for reporting someone distrusts. Origin, documented cases, the laws.
Disinformation: origin of the word and documented cases Disinformation explained: where dezinformatsiya comes from, documented cases from several states including the US, and how fake news is used.

Iraq and the Gulf wars

Iraq War propaganda from 1980 to 2003 Propaganda in the Iraq wars: Saddam-era posters and radio, Gulf War leaflets, and the 2003 US case for war, tagged by technique, same tests for every side.
Afghanistan war propaganda from 1980 to 2014 Propaganda in the war in Afghanistan, 1980 to 2014: coalition leaflets, a Kabul radio broadcast and the Taliban flag, tagged by technique.
Psyop: what psychological operations are, with history and examples A psyop is a planned effort to influence a foreign audience's emotions and behaviour. US doctrine, the PSYOP/MISO renamings, leaflets and the slang use.

Vietnam War

Vietnam War propaganda, 1954–1975: both sides Vietnam War propaganda from the United States, Saigon, Hanoi, the National Liberation Front and the U.S. protest movement, 1954 to 1975, with sources.
North Vietnamese (DRV) and NLF (Viet Cong) propaganda Leaflets, flags and radio from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front, selected by issuer, with sources shown.
US antiwar movement posters and protests, 1965–1972 Photographs of U.S. antiwar marches and protest posters, 1965 to 1972, from civilian committees. The 1969 draft lottery stays on its own page.
Propaganda radio: Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose, RFE Propaganda radio from Lord Haw-Haw and Tokyo Rose to Radio Free Europe: the white, grey and black source test, jamming and monitored transcripts.

World War II posters

WW2 propaganda posters: how each side used them WWII propaganda posters, radio and film from the Allies, the Axis and the Soviet Union, with techniques and sources shown. One standard for all sides.
Office of War Information posters of the Second World War Posters from the US Office of War Information, 1942-45: security, rationing, bonds, jobs and war aims, with issuers, techniques and sources.
Careless talk and "loose lips" posters of the Second World War WWII security posters from the US, Britain and Canada: Loose Lips Might Sink Ships, Careless Talk Costs Lives and more, with issuers and sources.
War bonds and savings posters of the Second World War WWII war bonds and savings posters from the US War Loans, Canada's Victory Loans and Britain's National Savings, tagged by technique, sources shown.
Rationing, salvage and victory garden posters of the Second World War WWII posters on rationing, scrap and fat salvage, car sharing, victory gardens and Dig for Victory, from the US, Britain and Canada, sources shown.
Women in Second World War posters: work, service and the home WWII posters that recruited women for war work and the services in the US, Britain and Canada, from We Can Do It! to the WAC and ATS, sources shown.
The We Can Do It! poster and Rosie the Riveter Is We Can Do It! Rosie the Riveter? The Westinghouse origin, the 1980s revival, Rockwell's cover, and 15 real WWII posters of women war workers.
Anti-Japanese posters of the Second World War, and Japanese propaganda Anti-Japanese WWII posters from the US, Australia and Britain, and how Japan pictured the Allies, shown as issued with content notes and sources.
British propaganda posters: WWI and WWII examples by technique British propaganda posters from the First and Second World Wars, from Keep Calm and Carry On to Dig for Victory, tagged by technique, sources shown.
Canadian propaganda posters: WWII in English and French Canadian propaganda posters of the two world wars, in English and French: Victory Loans, salvage, recruiting and security, tagged by technique.
Military recruiting posters across eras and countries Recruiting posters from the US, Britain, Canada, Australia, Poland, Hungary and Russia, WWI to the Cold War, tagged by technique, sources shown.

World War I posters

WW1 propaganda posters: who made them and how they worked WWI propaganda posters by nation, the agencies behind them and the techniques they used, with sources and rights shown. One standard for all sides.
First World War propaganda posters, country by country WWI propaganda posters from Britain, Germany, France, the US, Canada, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy, with issuers, techniques and sources shown.
German propaganda in WW1: war-loan posters, press and appeals German WW1 propaganda: war-loan posters, U-boat and colonial appeals, press pages and Allied replies, each tagged by technique with sources shown.
Uncle Sam posters: the I Want You poster and what else he was used for Uncle Sam posters from 1888 to 2025: the 1917 I Want You recruiting poster, bonds, food and security posters, and cartoons by critics, sources shown.

American posters

American propaganda posters: US examples by technique American propaganda posters from 19th-century campaigns to the Cold War, from government, parties and dissenters, tagged by technique, sources shown.
Women's suffrage posters and cartoons, 1880 to 1923 Women's suffrage posters and cartoons from Britain and the United States, for and against the vote, with techniques named and sources shown.
WPA posters: New Deal and wartime posters, 1936 to 1943 WPA posters of 1936 to 1943: national parks, Federal Theatre, civil defence and salvage, with who made each and why, plus rights shown.
Civil War propaganda: 1860 and 1864 election prints Civil War propaganda in the archive: 1860 and 1864 election banners and cartoons from Northern publishers. No Confederate-issued items are held.
Public domain propaganda posters to download Public domain propaganda posters: which the archive records as public domain, how to read each rights box and where to find the originals.
Propaganda art: posters, cartoons and paintings by purpose Propaganda art is any image made to move an audience: posters, cartoons, prints, murals and money. Forms, famous examples and the techniques they use.
Cold War propaganda posters, radio and leaflets Cold War propaganda posters, radio and leaflets from the United States, the Soviet Union and their allies, 1947 to 1991, with sources and techniques named.

Film, newsreels and radio

Propaganda films: famous examples, all sides Propaganda films from Nazi Germany, the US, Britain, Japan, the Netherlands and Indonesia: who made each, who it was for, what it asked. Sources shown.
WW2 propaganda films by country WWII propaganda films by country: 18 film frames from the US, Japan, the Netherlands and Australia, with techniques named and rights shown. One standard.
Propaganda newsreels: who made them, how Propaganda newsreels from Japan, Australia, the US and the Netherlands, 1938 to 1948, with title cards, players and techniques named. One standard.

Learn to read propaganda

Propaganda examples: 21 dated cases, 7 techniques Twenty-one dated propaganda examples, three for each of the seven classic techniques, from at least two sides each, with source and rights shown.
Propaganda techniques list: 42 with examples All 42 propaganda techniques in four families, each with a one-line definition, a spot-it cue and a real archive example from many sides.
Types of propaganda: source, aim and 42 techniques Types of propaganda by source, aim and technique: white, grey and black, agitation and integration, and all 42 techniques with sourced examples.
How to spot propaganda: five questions and seven devices Spot propaganda by asking who sent it, what they want, what feeling it uses, what is missing and whether you'd accept it from the other side.
How to analyse propaganda: a step-by-step method Seven steps to analyse propaganda, with a worked example from two sides, an essay structure, 15 prompts and common mistakes, using real archive posters.
SOAPSTone propaganda poster analysis Apply SOAPSTone to propaganda posters step by step, with three worked archive examples from different sides, a blank grid and nine to practise.
Propaganda lesson plan: 3 sessions, real posters A ready-to-teach propaganda lesson plan: three 50-minute sessions on real posters from several sides, with questions, exit tickets and a rubric.
Propaganda poster analysis worksheet: printable A printable propaganda poster analysis worksheet: eight questions, the archive's four-question frame, a SOAPSTone table and two worked examples.
Ethos, pathos, logos in propaganda: by appeal Real propaganda posters sorted by ethos, pathos or logos, with the technique behind each and why, as a teaching aid. Same test for every side.
Propaganda vs advertising: where the line is Advertising sells a product, propaganda shapes belief or loyalty, and both use emotion and repetition. Four ways to tell them apart, with wartime overlaps.

Posters in general

Propaganda posters: examples by technique and era Propaganda posters from the US, Britain, Germany, the USSR, China and others, tagged by technique, with source and rights shown. One method for all sides.
Propaganda archives and collections: where to find them A guide to propaganda archives and collections, each described from its own page, plus where FRAME's items come from and how to judge a collection.

Animal Farm and satire

Animal Farm propaganda: techniques and parallels Which propaganda techniques Animal Farm uses, from Squealer's rewrites to Snowball the scapegoat, with real Soviet and other-side archive examples.

More guides

Ceausescu's last speech: what the record holds, 20 to 25 December 1989 Ceausescu's last speech: the 20 December 1989 address as broadcast, the 21 December Scinteia and balcony rally, flight and execution, with sources.
Cultural Revolution struggle sessions: origins, labels and the Party's later verdict What struggle sessions were: 1946-52 land reform, 1966-68 Red Guard use, and the 1980-81 Party verdict, with posters and quoted sources shown.
Goebbels quotes: what he said, with sources, and the big lie line he did not Goebbels quotes with dated sources: 15 verified lines from speeches and articles, and why the 'big lie' quote is rejected. Translations credited.
Hitler speeches: where to read them, verified quotes and how they were staged Where to read Hitler speeches in full (Baynes, Domarus), verified quotes from 1922 to 1942, rejected fake quotes, and how rallies and radio were staged.
Mao quotes: what he said, where and when, and what he did not Mao quotes with date, source and translator: barrel of a gun, a revolution is not a dinner party, we have stood up, and three lines we rejected.
Stalin quotes: which are real, with sources and the ones rejected Stalin quotes checked against sources: 22 verified lines on war, kulaks and the press, and five rejected, including 'one death is a tragedy'.
Anti-war posters: peace and protest posters, 1914 to 1983 Anti-war and peace posters from 1914 to 1983: party stickers, Vietnam-era protest, Cold War state peace campaigns, tested the same way for each side.
Australian propaganda posters: enlistment, conscription and home front Australian propaganda posters 1915 to 2013: WWI enlistment, the 1916 and 1917 conscription referendums, WWII home front, with sources and rights shown.
Civil defense posters: air raid, blackout and atomic survival, 1939 to 1950 Civil defense posters: WWII air raid, gas, fire and blackout notices from Britain and the US, plus a 1950 atomic booklet, with who issued each.
East German propaganda: GDR posters, the Berlin Wall and Western replies, 1948 to 1989 East German propaganda 1948 to 1989: GDR border boards, the Berlin Wall and Western replies, tagged by technique, with sources and rights.
French propaganda posters: WWI, colonial, Vichy and Free France French propaganda posters, 1906 to 1943: WWI loans, colonial exhibitions, Vichy and Free France, with who issued each and the technique.
Italian fascist propaganda posters, slogans and Allied replies, 1915 to 1942 Italian fascist propaganda posters, slogans and cartoons, 1915 to 1942: Kingdom war-loan sheets, PNF election posters and Allied replies, sourced.
Japanese propaganda in WWII: posters from Japan, Manchukuo and occupied Asia Japanese WWII propaganda from Japan, Manchukuo, Taiwan, Malaya and Java: posters, stamps, leaflets and film stills, tagged by technique.
Latin American propaganda posters: Mexico, Chile, Brazil and US Alliance for Progress Latin American propaganda posters from both sides: Mexican broadsides and 1939 posters, Alliance for Progress and Good Neighbor sheets, Chile 1988.
Liberty Loan posters: US, Canadian and Allied WW1 war bond posters Liberty Loan, Victory Loan and war savings posters of 1917 to 1919: US Treasury, Canada, France, Italy and Russia, with technique and sponsor named.
WW1 food posters: Food Administration, wheat, sugar and garden posters WWI food posters from the US Food Administration, Canada, Bulgaria and Lublin: pledges, wheat, sugar and gardens, with sources and rights shown.
WW1 posters of women: nurses, war workers and the home front WW1 posters of women: nurses and the Red Cross, war workers, home-front housekeepers and recruiting appeals, with issuer and technique shown.