Ww1 Propaganda Analysis

The United States Food Administration was clever with the poster, “Save the Wheat for our Soldiers”, which made this poster more effective. It uses a picture of a child, which would be plain folks technique. It makes you perceive if a child could do this, you could too. Bandwagon would be the next technique.

Firstly, the poster, “If I Fail He Dies” persuades women nurses to come to the front lines and help take care of our wounded soldiers. Second, “The Call to Duty” is a propaganda poster that shows a man blowing a trumpet, sounded the “Call to Duty” for men to enlist and fight for their home. Third, “The Navy Needs You!” depicts an angel over a Navy sailor with the words “Don't read American History make it!” telling the reader to stop just reading about the fight and go become a hero yourself.

(Just as a side note, I had pictures of the posters in the original paper but couldn 't transfer them to here. The first link in the bibliography has tons of WW1 propaganda posters you can use.)

One poster depicts a man with his daughter on his lap asking him “daddy what'd you do to help the great war?” Our own government was trying to guilt people into going to war. I think this picture sort of touches upon the attitude towards joining the war at the time which was joining the war was a “manly” thing to do. The government also used propaganda to make the war seem like an adventure not a bloodbath.

Posters are splashy, large-format images, which are accompanied by a short text. Usually, the purposes of the posters are to agitate, advertise, inform, or teach people. Posters from World War I and World War II often used metaphors, different figures, events, and places. During the First World War propaganda posters were enormously widespread. Artists used them to agitate people to conscription, subscriptions to war loans, and aid to the wounded soldiers. One of the most important posters from World War I and World War II is “I Want You for U.S. Army” by James Mantgomery Flagg. This poster is very influential because of its figure, the message, and the effect on the people.

Tadeusz Trepkowski was the first Polish poster designer to emerge after WWII who lived from 1915 until 1954, unfortunately dying at the young age of forty. (RoGallery) His training evolved from his education at “Printing Industry School and City College of Decorative Arts and Painting in Warsaw.” (RoGallery, 2013) Trepkowski’s anti-war, publicity, and political poster art became very prominent after WWII - when the poster became a “great source of national pride for Poland” (Meggs, Philip and Alston Purvis, 2012) and became very “important for communications” (Meggs, Philip and Alston Purvis, 2012) due to a lack of television and broadcasting in Poland during that time. (Meggs, Philip and Alston Purvis) Trepkowski was deeply affected by World

Posters that were created during World War II helped to boost the home front’s public moral and encourage soldiers to enlist in the war. Famous poster to come out of poster propaganda include Rosie the Riveter, “Loose Lips Sink Ships”, the phrase enforced Americans to think before they speak in fears of giving information to the enemy, and Uncle Sam

During World War II propaganda was ubiquitous. It consisted of a wide range of carriers including leaflets, radio, television, and most importantly posters. Posters were used based on their appeal: they were colorful, creative, concise, and mentally stimulating. Posters often portrayed the artist's views on the war. They demonstrated the artist concern for the war, their hopes for the war, and reflected the way enemies were envisioned. Posters also show a nations political status: they reflect a nations allies and enemies, how the nation saw itself, and its greatest hopes and fears of the war.

Propaganda posters have been around for centuries and will most likely be around for centuries to come. During the first world war propaganda posters became very popular and very useful. These posters were used for many things such as trying to convince people to buy war bonds, encouraging workers to carpool and not miss a day of work. One of the many uses for propaganda posters during the early 19th century was while the men were off at war the women should contribute to their country and take charge of the jobs men left behind.

Although Flagg’s poster shows his intent through the text, Klinger’s poster is much less straightforward and could be hard to understand if the viewer was not from the same country or culture as Klinger. Unlike Flagg’s traditional color scheme in his poster, Klinger uses complementary colors to enhance the contrast between the red figure eight and the green snakelike figure in the center of the poster. Klinger’s poster also does not rely on its colors to represent its purpose. Instead of relying on the color scheme, Klinger’s poster relies on its figure such as the snake and the number to be the main focus of his piece. The arrows going through the snake give the idea that revenge or anger is toward someone. The top part of the 8 wrapped around the head of the snake also gives the idea of someone being trapped or a very concerning situation. Unlike Flagg’s poster, Klinger’s poster seems to take up much more space but does not have a lot of detail or other figures placed in the background. Klinger’s poster is much more simplistic in the tone of the piece. There is very little, if any, value changes that show the rigidness and seriousness compared to Flagg’s piece. Although Klinger relies on its two dimensional form, the items such as the arrows and the figure eight rely on each other in combination as a whole to depict the message. Much like Flagg’s work, the message or context could be lost if the viewer did not speak the same language or was not from the same country. Klinger’s piece captures both simplicity with its two dimensional style and complexity with its unclear

Many posters were made during the war including the one below. You see a very unnerving depiction of a spider but with the head of a man. Spiders have been a symbol of fear and danger. You can tell that this artist of this poster was referring to the Germans by the helmet. The color scheme of the poster portrays fear. “Don’ Talk” and “Spies are listening” tell the reader that there are spies among them. All of the elements in this poster connect the concepts of danger, fear, and distrust to Germans, which branches out to foreigners in general. With the public on edge, writers took it upon themselves to spread this message even faster.

Imagery uses color as well that is eye catching to anybody. For instance, in a poster with a large British solider, this shows that they are powerful and should be looked up to. Below the solider are hardworking citizens which do work and this helps aid to the solider to grow. Additionally, there is another poster that states "Woman of Britain" and has a picture of a factory worker standing right under war planes. It is stating that they have the power to aid with the war by working. Overall, imagery is a necessary part of posters and propaganda to persuade an audience.

During World War II, propaganda was used for a number of reasons, it not only showed how anyond could be of use to the war efforts, but it also showed that every person could contribute as well. These posters empowered everyone to stand behind their nation's Army, and to continue contributing to the war efforts. The posters showed that everyone is needed, that anyone could make a difference, and some even emphasized certain values to those who are already helping with the war effort.

In the Propaganda as Vision, Ken Kelman is summarizing the film called Triumph of the Will. The documentary footage mainly displays Hitler and the nation. It covers the events of the Nazi Party Rally. “The propaganda is the myth of resurrection of Germany to its ancient heroism through the medium of one man, Adolf Hitler, the savior.” Propaganda is everywhere we go. Sometimes is good and sometimes it’s not good. One example of bad propaganda would be fast food chains. They are always advertising that their foods are heathy and fresh made. They add big vocabulary words of healthy ingredients just to trick us.

The featured propaganda poster was created in 1938, as it depicts Adolf Hitler representing Germany in a positive manner. “Germany is free” is a statement that is incredibly ironic and absolutely outrageous as Germany was turning into a victim of itself during this time period. Taking a deeper look into this poster, you can see how the Nazis are appealing to the senses of all German citizens as they are painting the picture that Hitler provides freedom for Germany. By positioning the figure of Hitler behind a representation of Germany, the artist is trying to convey that Adolf is trying to unify Germany and himself as the geographical interpretation is forming his body. Any person taking a look at the cold hard facts with regards to the economic and social state of the German society during this time,