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Keep These Hands Off! Buy the New Victory Bonds
This poster for Victory bonds depicts a mother and baby threatened by clawed hands, each symbolizing Nazi Germany and Japan.  Larger image
Gordon K. Odell, fund-raising poster, 1941-1942

To encourage the public to support the war effort by buying Victory bonds, designer Gordon K. Odell resorted to a frequent propaganda ploy, vilifying the enemy to contrast it with the values and ideals defended by the homeland.

Canadian War Museum / 19750317-183



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Wings on Her Shoulder
1943, director: Jane Marsh
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Keep These Hands Off! Buy the New Victory Bonds
1942
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« Car ton bras sait porter l'épée »
1942
This highly dramatic poster took the third line of the...
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The National Film Board presents free movies
1942
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