Get out that tank ... behind the barn
A heap of wrecked car bodies, gears and tyres in a farmyard casts the shadow of a tank on a barn wall, under the headline 'Get out that tank ... behind the barn'. The shadow turns the farmer's scrap into a weapon (transfer), and the foot line asks farmers to contact their local salvage committee.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Director of Public Information for the National Salvage Office, Ottawa, under authority of the Minister of National War Services (Hon. J. T. Thorson); artist Taber
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Director of Public Information / National Salvage Office, Ottawa, Canada, 1941-1942; artist Taber. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
GET OUT THAT TANK... ...BEHIND THE BARN FARMERS GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL SALVAGE COMMITTEE PHONE ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, OTTAWA, UNDER AUTHORITY OF HONOURABLE J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES. Printed in Canada FB-2E [signature in the artwork:] Taber
