Digital Images Workshop “Weapons on the Wall” Paul Vyšný

"Weapons on the Wall" Join the ATS [Abram Games, 1941] – “blonde bombshell” poster

"Weapons on the Wall" WOMEN OF BRITAIN COME INTO THE FACTORIES [Zec, ?]

"Weapons on the Wall" WOMEN OF BRITAIN COME INTO THE FACTORIES [Zec, ?]

"Weapons on the Wall" COMBINED OPERATIONS INCLUDE YOU [Harold Pym, ?] This rather complex design, issued by the Admiralty, juxtaposes the battlefield and the factory floor. Note that there is a woman worker in the factory but not on the battlefield.

"Weapons on the Wall" RAILWAY EQUIPMENT IS WAR EQUIPMENT [Leslie Carr, ?]

"Weapons on the Wall" YOUR COURAGE, YOUR CHEERFULNESS, YOUR RESOLUTION WILL BRING US VICTORY [A P Waterfield, 1939]

"Weapons on the Wall" Your BRITAIN – fight for it now [Frank Newbold, 1942] (South Downs) You can tell what the artist did for a living before the war - he designed railway company posters. It is nevertheless curious that the designers sought to arouse patriotism in a highly urbanised and industrialised society by presenting a image of a rural idyll.

"Weapons on the Wall" YOUR BRITAIN – FIGHT FOR IT NOW [Abram Games, 1942] (Finsbury Health Centre)

"Weapons on the Wall" CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES [Fougasse (C K Bird), 1939]

"Weapons on the Wall" Keep mum, she’s not so dumb! [unknown, ?]

"Weapons on the Wall" TALK LESS – YOU NEVER KNOW [Noke, ?]

"Weapons on the Wall" HIS ACTION STATION: SAVING IS EVERYBODY’S WAR JOB [Thomas Eckersley, 1943]

"Weapons on the Wall" Go through your wardrobe: Make-do and mend [Donia Nachshen, ?] One of the few wartime poster designed by a woman, this is interesting an an example of anti-advertising. We are accustomed to being urged to buy things – here the message is the opposite.

"Weapons on the Wall" IS YOUR JOURNEY REALLY NECESSARY? [Bert Thomas, 1942]

"Weapons on the Wall" Wait! Count 15 slowly before moving in the Blackout [G R Morris, ?]

"Weapons on the Wall" COVER YOUR HAIR FOR SAFETY, YOUR RUSSIAN SISTER DOES [unknown,?] This is my favourite poster – produced by the National Safety First Association which later became ROSPA. It tells us such a lot about wartime attitudes that the image of a Soviet factory worker is being used to promote safety amongst female workers in Britain.

Specialist recruiting

Industrial production

Maintaining morale

Security concern

Savings and austerity

Health and safety

Teaching Website

Electronic Essay

"Weapons on the Wall" For vitality, eat greens [Zero (Hans Schleger), ?] Did anyone take this seriously?