USA Cold War Propaganda Collection:During cold war, the United States, gained themselves as a role of “Leader of the Free World” and were involved on several political and/or military conflict during the cold war era from 1945 to 1991.
The most serious political conflict was “Cuban Missile Crisis” and most serious military one were “Korean War” and “Vietnam War”.
USA Cold War Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
1946 June is an important month for you! Enlist Now! U.S. Army
1947 Going up … straight … 202,000 feet! U.S. Army Recruiting Service
1947 Your Air Force speeds the rescue. U.S. Army And Air Force Recruiting Service
1947 To guard the peace of these sun-swept hills. The National Guard Of the United States
1948 Only the best can be Aviation Cadets. Win Your Wings. U.S. Air Force
1948 The choice is yours! U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service
1948 For Women Only! Which Picture Fits Your Husband. National Guard of the United States
1949 Living Symbols of our Faith. U.S. Army And U.S. Air Force
1949 They proved Mark Twain was wrong. Only the best can be Aviation Cadets. Win Your Wings U.S. Air Force
1949 Army life. interesting, vigorous, secure… it offers important duty, great opportunities. America’s Finest Men Choose U.S. Army Careers!
1949 Operation Peace. Recruiting U.S. Army & U.S. Air Force
1950 Spare-Time Education for the Soldier and Airman. Recruiting
1950 Wanted… More Men Like Mike! U.S. Army
1950 Best Dressed Men on Main Street! U.S. Army & U.S. Air Force
1950 Thinking Cap… Today’s Army needs men of Action who are Thinkers as well. U.S. Army
1950 Man Among Men! That’s the Airborne Soldier for You. The Airborne of the U.S. Army
1951 The ‘Old Man’ U.S. Army. The Mark Of A Man
1951 All Right… Let’s Go. U.S. Army
1951 But for Him… U.S. Army
1951 Wilco! U.S. Army
1951 A Special Message For High School Graduates. U.S. Army
1951 Bombs Away! U.S. Air Force
1951 Target for Tomorrow! Photo-mapped today by U.S. Air Force
1954 Join modern mobile mighty Navy
1955 got a Mechanical Skill? You’ll go places Faster in the U.S. Air Force!
1960 want training in Photography. Mechanics. Electronics. choose-it-yourself before enlistment. US Army
1960 You May Handle A Situation Like This … If you measure up to the Aerospace Team. U.S. Air Force
1962 In today’s world… What does it take to feel like a man. Army
1963 In today’s world… What does it take to feel like a man
1962 What’s it worth to feel like a man. Army
1968 He just lost his change to make a choice. Army
1971 Find Yourself In The Air Force. Scott, Irwin & Worden Did
1977 Fighter. Pay & Benefits. Join the people who’ve joined the Army
1977 Give our country a college education. Army ROTC. Learn What It Takes To Lead
1977 The Coast Guard has always protected the fisherman. Now we’re protecting the fish, too
1977 You spent more than 300,000 minutes earning that high school diploma. Now spend 20 minutes making it pay off. The Few. The Proud. The Marines
1978 If you want a job that commands respect… Maybe you can be one of us. The Few. The Proud. The Marines
1978 Part-Time Jobs With Full-Time Pride. The Army reserve. Part Of What You Earn Is Pride
1978 Dawn Launch, South Pacific, Navy. It’s Not Just A Job, It’s An Adventure
1978 If you can do it our way… Maybe you can be one of us. The Few. The Proud. The Marines
1980 Get The Benefit Of Army Training Plus The Benefit Of Staying Home. Meet Today’s Army Reserve
1989 Before you start your career, it pays to learn the ropes. Army. Be All You Can Be
Fighting and Morale:
1945 A Strong Navy Guarantees Peace. Navy Day October 27. 1945
1952 150 Million alert Americans Are A Mighty Force For Peace
1952 If We Are Prepared We Can come back fighting
1952 Without Civilians – our armed forces have Nothing To Fight For Nothing To Fight With
1952 be a Partner in Defense
1952 America On Its Knees
1955 Sure I want to fight Communism – but how. With ‘Truth Dollars’ – that’s how! Support Radio Free Europe
1952 Fight Communism with – Ten Commandments Of Citizenship
1952 World War III. The War that Will Never Happen if America Remains Strong and Alert
1955 Get Your Official Civil Defense Identification Tag
1955 A Navy Flyer’s Greed!
1961 ‘Win The Cold War — Or Else!’ Freedom Seminar
1963 Enemy Attack… Here’s What To Do before, during and after
Anti-Enemy:
1947 Is This Tomorrow
1947 Is This Tomorrow. America Under Communism!
1950 America Under Socialism
1951 Something the Reds haven’t got. Western Electric
1951 ‘Put your X there!’ Republic Steel
1951 ‘That’s right… church closed’ Republic Steel
1951 Every Red Move is calculated to checkmate freedom. Bohn
1952 Communism wears a false face. Bohn
1952 Don’t let anyone steer you the wrong way. Bohn
1952 It Looked Safe but it was deadly poison
1952 Strong Hands are needed to shape America’s future. Bohn
1952 The Red Bear of Communism gets the vote you fail to cast. Bohn
1952 The Reds hitch like on freedom. Bohn
1952 What is Communism. What is Socialism. Is there any real difference. Bohn
1960 The Red Iceberg
1961 The Day The Communists Took Over America
Warsaw Pact:
1979 Comrade Ivan, Understanding the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries
1979 This unclassified booklet is intended to provide combat units of the U.S. Army Corps of information that represent the army of the Warsaw Pact in terms of armament and technical equipment
1979 Oh, sorry guys! My name is Ivan and I want to tell you about the equipment of the armies of the Warsaw Pact
1979 Anti-tank and automatic weapons platoon of our troops, RPG-7, PC Kalashnikov machine gun, a Kalashnikov rifle AKMS gun
1979 Anti-tank and automatic weapons platoon of our troops, RPG-7, PC Kalashnikov machine gun, a Kalashnikov rifle AKMS gun
1979 General view of the AKM, RPK machine gun and a Makarov pistol
1979 General view of the RPG-7, SVD sniper rifle, machine gun PC universal bayonet-knife
1979 Secondary armament installed on infantry combat vehicles, bazooka SPG-9 ‘Spear’ and ATGM
1979 General view of the 120-mm mortar shells and 122-mm howitzer D-30
1979 General view and weapons infantry fighting vehicle
1979 Now let’s move on to talk about the possibilities of APCs
1979 3 APCs are able to deliver on the battlefield one rifle platoon …
1979 10 … and APCs – a whole company
1979 General view of the BTR-50
1979 General view of the BTR-60
1979 General view of the T-62 tank
1979 General view of the T-55 tank
1979 General view of the combat reconnaissance and patrol vehicle BRDM-2
1979 General view of the floating tank PT-76
1979 General view of the tactical missile complex Luna-M
1979 General view of the anti-aircraft missile complex Cube
1979 General view of artillery
1979 General view of multiple rocket launchers BM-21 Grad
1979 General view of the anti-aircraft self-propelled gun ZSU-57-2
1979 General view of the anti-aircraft self-propelled gun ZSU-23-4 Shilka
1979 Location engine and the most vulnerable point of the Soviet armored
1979 Well, everyone learned, kids. Then see you soon!
1979 The reverse side of the cover
Gear and Vehicles:
1950 Leaders in Peace of in War. Rayhteon’s Electronic Ability Brings You Truly Dependable Television Sets
1950’s Production Know-How. Rheem Manufacturing Co. Aircraft Division
1951 Drill Night. Bell Telephone System
1951 … To Protect the Supplies that Protect Us! Reynolds Aluminum
1951 Engineering … To The Nth Power. B-36F. In the air it’s Convair.
1951 Finishing School for Guided Missiles. Martin Aircraft
1952 The shape that helps cut aircraft free from an invisible hitching post – designed by Douglas
1952 Engineering to the Nth power… The Hand Behind Tomorrow’s Blueprint! Convair
1952 Where Quality Means Performance and Performance Means Safety. Foote Bros
1952 Ready to Warn Americans at a Moment’s Notice! Chrysler Air Raid Siren
1952 New Grumman Cougar Is Now Combat-Ready
1953 TV spot news – by Raytheon Microwave
1954 Grumman Tiger!
1954 Fiend or Foe. How many. How far. How fast. Stromberg-Carlson
1955 First Team. Scorpion F-89 all weather interceptor. Northrop
1955 Biggest Air Force transport needs no modification to switch from logistic to tactical operations – the Douglas Globemaster
1955 Opportunity unlimited for progressive young me… with the United States Air Force. Douglas
1955 Strike! Carrier Tark Force. Change Vought F7U-3 Cutlass arm mobile carrier forces
1955 Jet Bombers Won’t Wait. Western Electric
1955 En Garde! On Guard For America’s Air Defense. Convair F-102
1955 wings and words. General Telephone System
1955 A New Generation Of Military Helicopters. United Aircraft Corporation
1956 35 ton bomber gets carrier shakedown. Depend of Douglas. First in Aviation
1956 Compact carrier-based A-bomber proves jet mechanic’s dream. Depend on Douglas. First in Aviation
1956 Rush service to the top of the world!. Depend on Douglas. First in Aviation
1956 Sprints from deck to stratosphere. Depend of Douglas. First in Aviation
1956 Candid cameraman shoots at 600 m.p.h. Depend on Douglas. First in Aviation
1956 How Can America Continue to Have Navy Aircraft Second to None. United Aircraft Corporation
1956 Vought F8U-1 Crusader. Beginning… A new chapter in Naval Aviation
1956 How Can America Continue to Have Air Force Aircraft Second to None. United Aircraft Corporation
1956 Convair’s supersonic F-102A. Well timed…
1956 In aviation… opportunity knocks twice. Convair
1957 Convair’s B-58… America’s first Supersonic Bomber! A New Force For Freedom Spreads Its Supersonic Wings
1956 Crusader … 1956 A.D. Servomechanisms
1957 Best view of an angel. Grumman SA-16 Albatross
1957 charting a new era! liquid oxygen pumps. Cambridge Corporation
1957 Design Engineers. Change Vought Aircraft
1957 For Maximum Performance Clifton Precision Size 8 Syncros
1957 what is grey matter worth. Firestone Guided Missile Division
1957 All Civil Defense Control centers. Sigalert
1957 Practice Makes Perfect. Northrop
1957 Schulz Designs Tests Builds. Type MA-2
1957 The Interceptor champion has a midget manager. Giannini
1957 Convair B-58 – major portions of its primary structure are made of Hexcel Honeycombs
1958 X-15 Away … Target 100 Miles Up!
1958 Global Guardian. Northrop
1958 See how Nickel-toughened propellers proved their mettle in Arctic pack ice. Inco Nickel
1958 Vought Vocabulary in’ ge-nu’ i-ty. designing a 12-ton missile to fit inside an atomic sub
1958 Avco’s honeycomb ‘sandwich’ takes pounds off flying weight
1958 Mix imagination with Alcoa Aluminas
1959 Lacrosse. Swift and deadly, the Martin Lacrosse is the Army’s newest artillery weapon
1959 Significance. Missiles & Space System. A Division of United Aircraft Corporation
1959 Radar Structures and Radomes – prime capabilities of GoodYear Aircraft
1960 Convair’s B-58 Hustler and Convair’s Atlas ICDm. Partners For Peace… manned and unmanned
1960 Man Out… Martin Denver Division
1960 The New In View! Martin Denver Division
1960 New ‘hide-and-seek’ missile bases on rails. American Railroads
1960 How SAC’s Hound Dog Confuses Its Quarry. The Missile Division Of North American Aviation, Inc
1960 AFC transport space age artillery
1960 Oil And Submarines. Dresser Electronics
1960 Revere … Custom Engineering For Missile Systems
1960 Reading An Inferno’s Secret… Missile ‘silo’ concept proved practical by Lockheed Electronics
1961 Army’s New ‘Shoot-And-Scoot’ Missile Scores Success. Bendix
1961 America’s First Family of Rockets and Missiles. Chrysler Corporation
1962 The remarkable evolution of the Polaris missile. Lockheed
1962 Anaconda engineers Teflon Hose assemblies for the space age
1963 Research Center. Sperry
1963 Once again…. CECO Fuel Pumps were selected
1964 Design for a manned orbiting laboratory. Lockheed
1965 This typewriter-sized Bendix computer feeds 24 of the G-111’s electronic subsystems
1967 Main Fuel Controls. Colt Industries. Chandler Evans Control Systems Division
1967 Main Fuel Pumps by Chandler Evans
1968 They know where they’re going – by Decca
Production:
1964 Careers in Atomic Energy
1971 America’s hotels – motels need more people for well-paid executive careers
Finance:
1945 1946 Resolution – that every American buy and hold U.S. Savings Bonds
1946 Opa ceiling price, refuse to pay more!
1959 Help Us Keep The Things Worth Keeping. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds
1959 Help Us Keep The Things Worth Keeping. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds
1962 More Will Live The More You Give. Heart Fund
Health and Safety:
1950 … This Is How You Can Protect Yourself … This Is What Must Be Done
1950 How to Survive an Atomic Bomb
1950’s What About You and Civil Defense
1951 How to Survive an Atomic Bomb…
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1952 Bert the Turtle says Duck and Cover
1960 Survival In The Atomic Age
1961 The President. My Fellow Americans. Fallout Shelters
1961 Yellow and Black Signs Set for Fallout Shelters
1962 Ten for Survival. Survive Nuclear Attack
1962 Ten for Survival. Survive Nuclear Attack
1963 Personal and Family Survival
1963 Your Family Survival Plan
1965 New Buildings With Fallout Protection
1968 Community Shelter Plan. Where To Go What To Do
1980 Are You Man Enough To Drink Less Than The Rest Of The Boys?
Civilian Life:
1946 Am I Proud!.. I’m fighting famine… by canning food at home
1951 Dethrone King Alcohol. World Temperance Sunday
1952 Maryland Civil Defense Agency
1958 Youth For Kennedy
1980 ‘Penalties against possession of drug should not be more damaging to and individual than the use of the drug itself
USA Cold War Military Art:
1948 Boeing B-50 strategic bomber
1950 Boeing B-47
1953 Runway Alert. Foundation of the Total Force by Gil Cohen
1954 WAC, The American Soldier
1960 Give Me Ten, Georgia
1960 The American Soldier
1963 The American Soldier
1966 Live Fire at Kahuku by Jim Dietz
1967 Creek Party by Gil Cohen
1968 Guardians of the North by Mort Kunstler
1972 Look and Listen, Germany by Joseph S. Hindley
1975 The American Soldier
1975 Training the Trainers, Conus
1979 Atlantic Ocean Rescue by Don Millsap
1986 Guarding America’s Skies by William S. Phillips
1987 Ready to Respond, Germany
1987 End of the Day, Germany by Gary Lewis
Some interesting Col War related links:
Wikipedia article about Cold War
The Cold War Museum®
My other Cold War related material:
All Countries during Cold War
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