He's in the silent service - Are you?

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV01854
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 75 x 49.9 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
H.M. Stationery Office
Stafford & Co. Ltd.
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c. 1940-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

British Second World War poster cautioning against the danger of careless talk. This poster depicts a sailor holding binoculars, looking far into the distance. The text is printed under the image in yellow and white lettering. This is one of a series of 'careless talk' posters commissioned by the British Government during the Second World War.

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