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Description: | Concept: military personnel, shipping, flag / banner / standard, uniform, industry, civilian effort Description: whole: the three images are positioned in the upper left, centre and lower right. The title is separate and located in the upper quarter, in blue. The text is separate and placed in the upper right, centre right, centre left and lower left, in black. All set against a blue and white background. image: upper left: a photograph of thirteen Merchant Navy sailors, survivors of the sinking of their ship. Six men are seated in the front, with seven standing behind. Centre: a portrait-length photographic depiction of a British sailor wearing weatherproof clothing and staring ahead. Lower right: a photograph of the bow of a newly completed ship in a dockyard. The Union Flag flies from the ship's flagpole. text: THESE MEN WENT THROUGH HELL for YOU FOR 23 DAYS THESE MEN WERE ADRIFT IN AN OPEN BOAT . . . THEIR SHIP HAD BEEN SUNK BY A GERMAN RAIDER IN THE ATLANTIC . . . THERE WERE 82 MEN CROWDED INTO A BOAT BUILT TO HOLD 50 . . . ONE OF THE BOATS FINALLY REACHED SÃO LUIZ, BRAZIL, WHERE THE MEN FELL EXHAUSTED ON THE BEACH . . . . . GIVE US THE SHIPS WE'LL DELIVER THE GOODS! BUILDING SHIPS LIKE THIS WILL MAKE YOU AND THE NAVY AN UNBEATABLE TEAM The men of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy ask you to give every ounce of effort to speed up production. Give them the weapons to fight back at the Germans and protect the women and children of Britain from what has happened in the countries now occupied by the enemy. From America and our Dominions we are obtaining planes, war materials and vital foods. The Merchant Navy, convoyed by the Royal Navy, are maintaining our life line and with your help they will continue to keep this country supplied with the necessities of life and the weapons to beat Hitler and his gang. Every worker engaged on producing even the smallest nut or bolt needed to complete a ship is doing his bit to win this war. The navy is depending on you to replace the ships which are being lost. Production must be increased. There is no time to be lost. Every hour wasted is an hour gained by the Germans in their attempt to sweep us off the high seas and thus pave the way for an invasion of this island. No. 8 Warwork News 1941 ISSUED BY THE ADMIRALTY PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH AND CROSS LTD., LONDON (51-2069) Object: flag, ship, crane | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Fosh and Cross Ltd, London Publisher/Sponsor: Admiralty; HMSO Associated Person: Hitler, Adolf | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3340... | Go to resource |
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