Blackout the Rumors!! Silence Saves Lives
All-type poster: white and pale-yellow lettering on black reads 'Blackout-the rumors!! Silence saves lives, U.S. Marines'. There is no picture. The technique is faint here; the closest is a fear-appeal, since the slogan implies that talk costs lives.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Marines (Marine Corps Publicity Bureau)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- 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. Marines (Marine Corps Publicity Bureau). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-492 (NAID 513973).
Text on the object
BLACKOUT-THE RUMORS!! SILENCE saves LIVES U.S.MARINES [signature: PW] [imprint: MCPB 100686 5-18-42 10M. 433 PB]
