![Il y a des armes... dans ce tas de ferraille derrière la grange [There are weapons in this scrap heap behind the barn], 1939](../images/canada-il-y-a-des-armes-ferraille-derriere-la-grange-french-1939.jpg)
Il y a des armes ... dans ce tas de ferraille derrière la grange [There are weapons in this scrap heap behind the barn]
A pile of wrecked cars and machine parts sits before a barn, and the pile casts the shadow of a tank on the wall. The shadow turns the farmer's scrap into a weapon, and the line at the foot asks farmers ('Cultivateurs') to contact their local salvage committee by telephone.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Service de l'Information for the Office National de Récupération (National Salvage Office), under authority of the Minister of National War Services (Hon. J. T. Thorson), Ottawa; 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)
Service de l'Information / Office National de Récupération (National Salvage Office), Ottawa, Canada, 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
IL Y A DES ARMES... ...DANS CE TAS DE FERRAILLE DERRIÈRE LA GRANGE CULTIVATEURS CONSULTEZ VOTRE COMITÉ RÉGIONAL DE RÉCUPÉRATION TÉLÉPHONE PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION POUR L'OFFICE NATIONAL DE RÉCUPÉRATION, AVEC L'AUTORISATION DE L'HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTRE DES SERVICES NATIONAUX DE GUERRE. Imprimé au Canada FB-2F [signature in the artwork:] Taber
THERE ARE WEAPONS... ...IN THIS SCRAP HEAP BEHIND THE BARN FARMERS CONSULT YOUR LOCAL SALVAGE COMMITTEE TELEPHONE PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES. Printed in Canada FB-2F [signature in the artwork:] Taber
