Title: They Rely on Him Title Vads Collection: Imperial War Museum: Posters of Conflict - The Visual Culture of Public Information and Counter Information

Concept: industry, civilian effort, civilian personnel, military personnel, aircraft, shipping, military vehicles, workers, radio Description: whole: the main image is positioned in the upper three-quarters, with a smaller image placed in the lower right, held within a narrow black border. The title...

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Main Author: Artist: Harper, Miles Printer: Chromoworks Ltd, Willesden, London Publisher/Sponsor: HMSO; Ministry of Supply
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Online Access:http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=33597
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Summary:Concept: industry, civilian effort, civilian personnel, military personnel, aircraft, shipping, military vehicles, workers, radio Description: whole: the main image is positioned in the upper three-quarters, with a smaller image placed in the lower right, held within a narrow black border. The title and text are separate and positioned along the top edge and in the lower third, in red and in black. All set against a white background. image: an oversize portrait of a British infantryman, wearing a helmet and a headset. He is superimposed over an image of a battleship with three aircraft flying overhead, and a tank. A design of white, circular radio waves is placed across the image. The smaller image is a photograph of a British soldier, talking into a handset, carrying radio equipment on his back. text: THEY RELY ON HIM Miles Harper. HE RELIES ON US In the sweltering heat of the desert.in an Arctic blizzard at sea . in the air on the roof of the world - vital decisions are in the hands of the man at the radio. He must have the best we can give him - and he must have it quickly. M. OF S. PRINTED for H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE by CHROMOWORKS LTD., LONDON, 51-2498. Object: aircraft, warship, helmet, tank, headset