|
Date: |
|
Description: | Concept: civilian morale, charities, empire / commonwealth, air raid / blitz, air raid precautions / shelters, cityscape, emblems, civilian personnel, fire / fire fighting, women / womens work, children, bomb damage, civilian suffering, eating / drinking, animals Description: whole: the three images are positioned in the lower three-quarters, each held within a narrow black border. An emblem featuring a lion and a rising sun is located in the lower right, held within a black circular border. The title and main text are separate and positioned in the upper quarter and lower half, in black. Further text is integrated and located in the upper left, also in black. All set against a yellow background and held within a white and green border. image: three images illustrating the use of a mobile canteen. The first image is a depiction of the preparation of mobile canteens, as four women load them with supplies. The second image is a depiction of an air raid on a British city. Air raid wardens direct civilians to shelters as searchlights illuminate the night sky. The third image is a depiction of civilians, firefighters and air raid wardens queuing up at a mobile canteen for food and hot drinks. In the background, firefighters use hoses to extinguish a fire in a bombed building. text: YOUR CANTEEN IN ACTION Presented by the peoples of NYASALAND Money subscribed by Nyasaland has bought a trailer canteen for Britain's war front. As the dusk falls, it gets ready for active service if the sirens should go. The sirens wail their warning to a sleeping city and Air Raid Precaution workers and firemen get ready to fight the blitz. People run to the shelters. The bombs drop and the anti-aircraft guns reply. In the cold light of dawn the enemy bombers depart. The A.R.P. workers and firemen are tired and thirsty and many people have lost their homes in the night's blitz. They are glad to see the Nyasaland trailer canteen arrive. A little group clusters around the canteen, enjoying hot drinks and food after a terrible night. Thank you, Nyasaland! Other war gifts from Nyasaland include contributions for the purchase of military aircraft, subscriptions for the British Red Cross and St. John Fund, King George's Fund for Sailors, Air Raid Relief, St. Dunstan's, Grimsby Fishermen's Fund, Malta Relief, and many War Charities. PRINTED IN ENGLAND 51_3043 Object: mobile canteen, house, cup, plate, fire hose, helmet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Associated Person: George VI, King | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5130... | Go to resource |
|
|