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American propaganda during World War II

American propaganda during World War II. By Julie Finnøy. Content. WWII approaching. Roosevelt – OWI and the Writer’s War Board. Themes. Examples: posters. Advertisement. Dr. Seuss. Animation – Walt Disney. Effect. WWII approaching. General feeling. Losses sustained during WWI.

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American propaganda during World War II

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  1. American propaganda during World War II By Julie Finnøy

  2. Content • WWII approaching. • Roosevelt – OWI and the Writer’s War Board. • Themes. • Examples: posters. • Advertisement. • Dr. Seuss. • Animation – Walt Disney. • Effect.

  3. WWII approaching • General feeling. • Losses sustained during WWI. • Energy spent at home – improvement. • War starts in Europe (1939) – not their war.

  4. Roosevelt – OWI and the Writer’s War Board • No longer comfortably distant; • Pearl Harbor 7.Dec 1941 - Japan attacks. • 4 days later Hitler declares war. • 1942 – Roosevelt creates the Office of War Information. War info + P. • WWB – privately organized. Collaborated with the government.

  5. Propaganda themes • Anti-German, Italian and Japanese. • “Loose lips can sink ships” – careful, spies. • Victories – heroism. • Optimism (false?) – won’t be a long war. • War effort  conservation, limited supplies.  production, victory gardens.  Buying war bonds – a patriotic act.  womanpower, enter the work force. • “The girl next door” pin-ups. Symbol + fight for. • Pro-British, Russian, Chinese and Filipino.

  6. Propaganda posters • Early war poster – Nazi threat closer than you think. • Imagery. • Swastika. • Innocent, patriotic children. • Buy war bonds – financial support.

  7. Needed materials and supplies for war effort. • Urging people to conserve gas. •  could fuel tanks and aircraft.

  8. “For your country’s sake today – for your sake tomorrow”. • Help win the war – also gain more rights. • campaign to get women into the armed forces and wartime production industries – needed more workers.

  9. Advertisement • Ads supporting the war. • Lucky Strike; •  From green to white packaging – to save bronze for weapons. • Sales through the roof. • Coca-Cola used similar techniques.

  10. Dr. Seuss • “Dr. Seuss goes to war” • Book, Richard H. Minear. • Political cartoons, sway the public opinion. • Critical of isolationists opposing the U.S. entering the war. •  appeasement policy, letting Germany take land that they had to give up after WWI.

  11. Walt Disney • 8. Dec 1941, U.S. government. • Army personnel stationed at his studio. • The U.S. army and Disney made films for different audiences – propaganda, training/educational videos for troops. • Intended to build morale.

  12. Der Fuhrer’s Face • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tDTe9sOdU&feature=related • 6:56

  13. Out of the frying pan, into the firing line • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06_l6V-0MQ&feature=related • 0:10

  14. Effect • Morale. • 36 billion dollars purchased in bonds by individuals. (Children accounting for close to 1 billion). • Women were encouraged to enter the work force. • Also spread information – what to do and what not to do. • Optimism. • Encouraged people to help – seen as patriotic.

  15. Sources • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06_l6V-0MQ&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tDTe9sOdU&feature=related • http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/media/images/posters/ride.jpg • http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/media/images/posters/shadow.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_propaganda_during_World_War_II • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II • http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/american/amerprop.htm

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