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Description: | Concept: salvage, civilian effort, industry, shipping, military vehicles, seascape, military personnel, weapons Description: whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title separate and positioned in the upper quarter, in orange. The text is partially integrated and placed in the upper left, upper right and centre right, in black. All set against a white background. image: a depiction of a RAF rescue launch at sea. Cut-away sections in the hull show the inside of the boat. Orange labels indicate areas of the boat where salvaged materials have been used. text: HOW YOUR SALVAGE HELPS TO MAKE A RESCUE LAUNCH 1 SCRAP METAL SCRAP IRON NEEDED FOR STEEL HULL. STEEL NEEDED FOR MAKING ENGINE AND MACHINE-GUNS. BRASS MAKES CARTRIDGE CASES. 3-PINT TIN KETTLE MAKES 40 MACHINE-GUN BULLETS. PHOSPHOR BRONZE NEEDED FOR PROPELLOR. COPPER FOR RADIO COMPONENTS 2 ROPE, STRING, TWINE MAKE NEW SHIP'S ROPE 3 WASTE PAPER ONE ENVELOPE MAKES 50 WADS FOR MACHINE-GUN CARTRIDGES. TWELVE OLD LETTERS MAKE A CARTRIDGE BOX. WASTE PAPER ALSO MAKES GASKET WASHERS FOR ENGINE AND PROVIDES INSULATION FOR RADIO 4 SCRAP RUBBER MAKES ELECTRICAL AND RADIO INSULATORS AND COMPONENTS 5 BONES GIVE GLYCERINE - A COMPONENT IN CORDITE CHARGES FOR MACHINE-GUN CARTRIDGES 6 RAGS COTTON RAGS MAKE SPECIAL GRADES OF PAPER FOR CHARTS ALSO ENGINE WIPERS 3 5 6 2 16 6 4 1 Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wm. Brown and Co., Ltd., London, E.C.3.- 51-9937. M.O.S. AND R. 76 Object: boat, flag, machine gun | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: William Brown and Co Ltd, London EC3 Publisher/Sponsor: Ministry of Supply; HMSO | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3382... | Go to resource |
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