wartime security poster, I was a victim of CARELESS TALK
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920196-140
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Mayerovitch, Mr. Harry
Wartime Information Board
National Film Board of Canada - Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Advertising medium
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Inscription Mayo; I was a victim of CARELESS TALK; PRINTED IN CANADA; ISSUED BY WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD - PRODUCED BY NATIONAL FILLM BOARD, OTTAWA WIB 6E
- Medium ink
- Support paper
- Materials Not applicable
- Measurements Height 62.0 cm, Width 46.1 cm
- Caption I Was a Victim of Careless Talk, 1943 Canada, Second World War
- Additional Information In this frightening image, a dead man accuses viewers of bringing about his tragic death at sea by gossiping. The brutal frankness of designer Harry Mayerovitch, director of the Wartime Information Board's Graphic Arts Division, here reflects the life-and-death struggle then being waged during the Battle of the Atlantic. Its chilling, ominous style appears to borrow directly from Hollywood monster movie posters, including those from the 1931 hit, Frankenstein, with Boris Karloff. In November 1943, 30,000 copies of this poster were distributed in Canada.