Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Departmenthttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTGD/browse/?fq=untl_collection:WWPC&fq=str_title_serial:British+War+Posters2006-06-13T16:48:57-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentSu gli argini del Piave, dove maestosa si erge la Storica e millenario Venezia, l'orgoglio Unno trova certo tomba per l'eroismo delle legioni alleati : On this side of the Piave, where the beautiful and ancient City of Venice stands, the haughty Huns will surely meet death from the hands of the Heroic and Allied Legions.2006-06-13T16:48:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc201/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc201/"><img alt="Su gli argini del Piave, dove maestosa si erge la Storica e millenario Venezia, l'orgoglio Unno trova certo tomba per l'eroismo delle legioni alleati : On this side of the Piave, where the beautiful and ancient City of Venice stands, the haughty Huns will surely meet death from the hands of the Heroic and Allied Legions." title="Su gli argini del Piave, dove maestosa si erge la Storica e millenario Venezia, l'orgoglio Unno trova certo tomba per l'eroismo delle legioni alleati : On this side of the Piave, where the beautiful and ancient City of Venice stands, the haughty Huns will surely meet death from the hands of the Heroic and Allied Legions." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc201/small/"/></a></p><p>Color poster depicts a battle scene with the British, American, French and Italian forces on one side of the river and the enemy on the other side. In the background there is a view of the buildings of Venice. A female figure wearing a crown and draped in a red skirt hovers over the scene holding an Italian flag and a sword. A large yellow star shines behind her and over the city. At her feet are the words, "Da qui non si passa" ("They shall not pass"). At the upper left hand corner are small portraits of "Generale Diaz" (Armando Vittorio Diaz of Italy), "Presidente Poincare" [sic] (Raymond Poincaré, President of France), "Vict. Emm. III." (Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy), "Re Giorgio" (King George V of England), and "Pres. W. Wilson" (Woodrow Wilson, President of U.S.A.). Beneath Wilson's portrait flies a bird bearing a banner, "Per la libertà dei popoli" ("For freedom of the peoples").</p>"This is everybody's war. The enemy has made it so. May you never know what it means to be a refugee -- to be hungry -- to be homeless. Be sure this never happens to you!" : produce for victory!2006-06-13T11:53:00-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271/"><img alt=""This is everybody's war. The enemy has made it so. May you never know what it means to be a refugee -- to be hungry -- to be homeless. Be sure this never happens to you!" : produce for victory!" title=""This is everybody's war. The enemy has made it so. May you never know what it means to be a refugee -- to be hungry -- to be homeless. Be sure this never happens to you!" : produce for victory!" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271/small/"/></a></p><p>Poster shows a photo of a mother holding a child with two small children walking beside her through a war torn area with damaged buildings in the background.</p>Watch your talk for his sake : never mention arrivals, sailings, cargoes, or destinations to anybody.2006-06-13T11:04:40-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc290/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc290/"><img alt="Watch your talk for his sake : never mention arrivals, sailings, cargoes, or destinations to anybody." title="Watch your talk for his sake : never mention arrivals, sailings, cargoes, or destinations to anybody." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc290/small/"/></a></p><p>The black and white photo is of a man standing in the crow's nest at the mast of a ship, holding binoculars and looking out to sea.</p>A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with "Tommy" guns.2006-06-13T11:02:57-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc292/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc292/"><img alt="A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with "Tommy" guns." title="A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with "Tommy" guns." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc292/small/"/></a></p><p>A color drawing of large number of soldiers on motorcycles, traveling down a road in the countryside. There are large tommy guns attached to the motorcycles, aimed forward, and the gun in the foreground appears to be firing.</p>Together.2006-06-13T11:02:37-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc293/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc293/"><img alt="Together." title="Together." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc293/small/"/></a></p><p>Seven servicemen of various ethnicities and nationalities (British colonies and Dominions) all stand at attention with rifles. The British flag waves in the background.</p>The development of self-government in British India.2006-06-13T10:16:24-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc312/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc312/"><img alt="The development of self-government in British India." title="The development of self-government in British India." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc312/small/"/></a></p><p>A chart showing the development of self-governance in India from 1861 to 1942. Indians are represented as blue figures and British are represented as black figures. Chart shows Indian participation in the Viceroy and Executive Council, the Legislature, and the Provincial Government (departments) as various laws were enacted.</p>The signal is save.2006-06-12T22:05:55-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc385/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc385/"><img alt="The signal is save." title="The signal is save." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc385/small/"/></a></p><p>An image of four flying colorful signal flags is superimposed over a black and white photograph of a battleship on a green sea.</p>Tell nobody-- not even her : careless talk costs lives.2006-06-12T22:03:20-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc388/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc388/"><img alt="Tell nobody-- not even her : careless talk costs lives." title="Tell nobody-- not even her : careless talk costs lives." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc388/small/"/></a></p><p>Image of a young blonde woman in a pink dress sitting next to a young sailor in a blue uniform, and leaning toward him.</p>The famous British "Spitfires" flying in formation. Each machine can fire at the rate of over 6,000 cannon and machine gun bullets per minute.2006-06-12T22:01:08-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc391/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc391/"><img alt="The famous British "Spitfires" flying in formation. Each machine can fire at the rate of over 6,000 cannon and machine gun bullets per minute." title="The famous British "Spitfires" flying in formation. Each machine can fire at the rate of over 6,000 cannon and machine gun bullets per minute." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc391/small/"/></a></p><p>Color illustration of eleven military airplanes flying in formation. The sky is turquoise and gray.</p>A British anti-aircraft battery in action. More than 590 German raiders have been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Britain.2006-06-12T21:59:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc392/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc392/"><img alt="A British anti-aircraft battery in action. More than 590 German raiders have been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Britain." title="A British anti-aircraft battery in action. More than 590 German raiders have been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Britain." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc392/small/"/></a></p><p>An image of soldiers firing large anti-aircraft guns into the sky.</p>A British short "Sunderland" flying boat patrolling the sea lanes.2006-06-12T21:59:34-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc393/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc393/"><img alt="A British short "Sunderland" flying boat patrolling the sea lanes." title="A British short "Sunderland" flying boat patrolling the sea lanes." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc393/small/"/></a></p><p>A "flying boat" aircraft is shown flying over the sea. A ship can be seen in the water below.</p>Keep the wheels turning! : repair work is vital to the war effort.2006-06-12T21:58:29-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc394/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc394/"><img alt="Keep the wheels turning! : repair work is vital to the war effort." title="Keep the wheels turning! : repair work is vital to the war effort." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc394/small/"/></a></p><p>Color poster in black and orange tones. Image of a hand holding a wrench.</p>Battleships of the Royal Navy, steaming in line ahead.2006-06-12T21:58:10-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc395/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc395/"><img alt="Battleships of the Royal Navy, steaming in line ahead." title="Battleships of the Royal Navy, steaming in line ahead." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc395/small/"/></a></p><p>Color poster of four battleships at sea. One appears closest at right, and three are in the background. Each ship has large guns or cannons that are firing. Three airplanes fly in the sky above the ships.</p>Big guns of a British battleship. Each gun fires a shell weighing nearly one ton.2006-06-12T21:57:00-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc396/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc396/"><img alt="Big guns of a British battleship. Each gun fires a shell weighing nearly one ton." title="Big guns of a British battleship. Each gun fires a shell weighing nearly one ton." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc396/small/"/></a></p><p>Color drawing of the view from a ship deck, as large cannon-type guns are firing from the deck, over the sea.</p>One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down over 3,000 German planes.2006-06-12T21:56:42-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc397/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc397/"><img alt="One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down over 3,000 German planes." title="One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down over 3,000 German planes." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc397/small/"/></a></p><p>Color illustration of a British military airplane shooting down a German military airplane. German plane is falling to the ground.</p>H.M.S. "Nelson" firing a broadside with her 16-inch guns. This ship is armed with nine of these great guns and many smaller ones.2006-06-12T21:55:12-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc523/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc523/"><img alt="H.M.S. "Nelson" firing a broadside with her 16-inch guns. This ship is armed with nine of these great guns and many smaller ones." title="H.M.S. "Nelson" firing a broadside with her 16-inch guns. This ship is armed with nine of these great guns and many smaller ones." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc523/small/"/></a></p><p>Color image of a British warship at sea, firing its guns. Dark smoke is seen in the background. The ship is flying the White Ensign flag of the Royal Navy.</p>Every rivet a bullet : speed the ships.2006-06-12T21:53:04-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc400/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc400/"><img alt="Every rivet a bullet : speed the ships." title="Every rivet a bullet : speed the ships." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc400/small/"/></a></p><p>Black & white etching of large ship on wooden platforms. There is a British flag on front of the ship. There is a crane to the right of the ship. The title is printed in red at the top of the poster and the subtitle is white in a black border at bottom.</p>Catafighters.2006-06-12T21:51:45-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc401/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc401/"><img alt="Catafighters." title="Catafighters." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc401/small/"/></a></p><p>A series of 5 cm. boxes with drawings and captions below in rows of 4 across and 6 down. Drawings are comic book style with text explanations written below each box. The banner at the top has "RN" and "RAF" printed on either side of the title. Poster has red, black, and blue printing on white background.</p>What Britain puts in the common pool.2006-06-12T21:51:15-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc402/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc402/"><img alt="What Britain puts in the common pool." title="What Britain puts in the common pool." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc402/small/"/></a></p><p>Color pictograph showing military supplies and facilities produced by Britain. In the center is an outline map of Britain, with 10 arrows around it, each pointing to a picture of a product or facility: tanks, boats, port and ship repair facilities and fueling, food, airfields, clothing and uniforms, shipping, hospitals and medical facilities, warships and aircraft.</p>Choose for victory : try a V dish to-day.2006-06-12T21:28:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc539/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc539/"><img alt="Choose for victory : try a V dish to-day." title="Choose for victory : try a V dish to-day." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc539/small/"/></a></p><p>Picture of a restaurant menu with a large orange "V" on it. A large black arrow marked "VICTORY DISH" points to the orange "V". At the bottom of the menu is the phrase, "Go Easy with Bread". The background behind the menu is green.</p>Your own vegetables all the year round-- : if you dig for victory now.2006-06-12T21:27:34-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc540/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc540/"><img alt="Your own vegetables all the year round-- : if you dig for victory now." title="Your own vegetables all the year round-- : if you dig for victory now." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc540/small/"/></a></p><p>Small color poster shows a wooden basket with a handle, filled with a variety of vegetables.</p>British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest.2006-06-12T20:57:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc572/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc572/"><img alt="British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest." title="British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc572/small/"/></a></p><p>Color illustration of tanks driving across a desert. The ground and sky are depicted in yellow and orange tones.</p>British bombers have carried out over 1,600 raids on Germany (up to May, 1941)2006-06-12T20:56:23-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc573/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc573/"><img alt="British bombers have carried out over 1,600 raids on Germany (up to May, 1941)" title="British bombers have carried out over 1,600 raids on Germany (up to May, 1941)" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc573/small/"/></a></p><p>Color poster is a stylized drawing of aircraft in battle. Four bomber planes are depicted in camouflage. A large explosion is shown at the upper left corner of the picture.</p>A British "Blenheim" bomber of the Coastal Command aids a British destroyer in smashing a German submarine.2006-06-12T20:55:45-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc574/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc574/"><img alt="A British "Blenheim" bomber of the Coastal Command aids a British destroyer in smashing a German submarine." title="A British "Blenheim" bomber of the Coastal Command aids a British destroyer in smashing a German submarine." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc574/small/"/></a></p><p>Poster is a pastel drawing of an aircraft bombing a submarine. A British ship is shown behind the bombed submarine, and other ships can be seen in the distance.</p>Your production : beat your promise.2006-06-12T20:51:08-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc442/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc442/"><img alt="Your production : beat your promise." title="Your production : beat your promise." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc442/small/"/></a></p><p>Illustration of a giant boot about to crush caricatures of Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and a caricatured Japanese soldier (probably representing Hideki Tojo).</p>A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks.2006-06-12T20:48:52-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc444/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc444/"><img alt="A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks." title="A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc444/small/"/></a></p><p>Poster is a color drawing of a large military gun mounted on a train truck. The gun is being fired, and similar guns are seen firing in the distance. Small figures of soldiers can be seen covering their ears. The background is a brightly colored yellow and orange sky.</p>War supplies for Russia-- : a convoy of British and American lorries streams along the Persian route to Russia.2006-06-12T20:46:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc582/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc582/"><img alt="War supplies for Russia-- : a convoy of British and American lorries streams along the Persian route to Russia." title="War supplies for Russia-- : a convoy of British and American lorries streams along the Persian route to Russia." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc582/small/"/></a></p><p>A long convoy of covered trucks travels on a winding road. In the sky overhead are military airplanes, and in the background are an encampment and a large mountain range.</p>Arms for Russia-- a great convoy of British ships escorted by Soviet fighter planes sails into Murmansk Harbour with vital supplies for the Red Army.2006-06-12T20:45:50-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc583/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc583/"><img alt="Arms for Russia-- a great convoy of British ships escorted by Soviet fighter planes sails into Murmansk Harbour with vital supplies for the Red Army." title="Arms for Russia-- a great convoy of British ships escorted by Soviet fighter planes sails into Murmansk Harbour with vital supplies for the Red Army." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc583/small/"/></a></p><p>A view of the ocean and sky from the deck of a ship flying a British White Ensign (naval ensign) flag. There are other ships in the water and planes flying in the sky. Red Star emblems can be seen on some of the planes. One plane in the distance is crashing toward the ocean.</p>Desert victory : the actual story of the rout of Rommel by the British Eighth Army : a full-length feature picture.2006-06-12T20:19:47-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc465/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc465/"><img alt="Desert victory : the actual story of the rout of Rommel by the British Eighth Army : a full-length feature picture." title="Desert victory : the actual story of the rout of Rommel by the British Eighth Army : a full-length feature picture." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc465/small/"/></a></p><p>Movie poster in brown and red tones, promoting the film, "Desert Victory". At the top is a close-up image of a portion of a typed document: "Directive to General Alexander, Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East" and photographs of Bernard Montgomery (left) and Harold Alexander (right) in uniform; along the left side are three photographs of wartime scenes; and at the lower right is an illustration of a battle scene.</p>Thousands of Frenchmen dead for resistance.2006-06-12T20:19:19-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc466/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc466/"><img alt="Thousands of Frenchmen dead for resistance." title="Thousands of Frenchmen dead for resistance." src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc466/small/"/></a></p><p>Color image of a brown hill with numerous white crosses on it. The soil is red at the base of the largest cross in the foreground.</p>