At night walk facing traffic, wear or carry something white
Safety poster seen from a driver's seat: a gloved hand on the wheel, headlights picking out a pedestrian in a dark suit carrying a white bag and wearing a white armband, with a red arrow pointing at him. The slogan gives two instructions. The fear-appeal is implicit, showing the driver's view of how late a walker appears; no injury is depicted.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy Department
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Navy Department. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-425 (NAID 513884).
Text on the object
AT NIGHT WALK FACING TRAFFIC WEAR OR CARRY SOMETHING WHITE NAVY DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945 O 625603]
