wartime security poster, CARELESS WORDS may cause DISASTER!
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19910001-879
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Director of Public Information
National War Services - Date Made 1941/06/11-1942/10/05
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Advertising medium
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1941/06/11
- Latest 1942/10/05
- Inscription (recto) CARELESS / WORDS / may cause / DISASTER! / H.M.C.S. / DPI / ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES, OTTAWA. Printed in Canada AG-11EL
- Medium ink
- Support paper
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Person / Institution Associated political figure, Thorson, The Honourable Joseph Thorarinn
- Measurements Height 61.0 cm, Width 43.5 cm
- Caption Careless Words may cause Disaster!
- Additional Information In this wartime security poster, a sailor (right) urges silence as a torpedo streaks towards a ship in a convoy (left). Produced in 1941 or 1942, the poster draws a direct link between discussing sensitive information and the danger of German attacks on Allied ships. A number of wartime posters encouraged Canadians not to talk about naval operations or the arrival and departure of ships, for fear that the enemy might obtain this information and use it against Allied forces.