![Travail précis -- Riposte à l'ennemi [Precise work: a reply to the enemy], 1939 Canada poster: A micrometer gauge is topped](../images/canada-travail-precis-riposte-a-lennemi-french-1939.jpg)
Travail précis -- Riposte à l'ennemi [Precise work: a reply to the enemy] (Canadian poster in French)
A micrometer gauge is topped by the grinning face of a helmeted soldier on a red ground, with the French headline 'Precise work -- a reply to the enemy'. Joining a machinist's tool to a soldier's head transfers the soldier's role to factory precision work.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Service de l'information pour le ministère des Munitions et Approvisionnements (Information Service for the Department of Munitions and Supply), Ottawa
- 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
- Labor, War and the military
- 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)
Information Service for the Department of Munitions and Supply, Ottawa (Canada), 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
TRAVAIL PRÉCIS-- RIPOSTE À L'ENNEMI PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION POUR LE MINISTÈRE DES MUNITIONS ET APPROVISIONNEMENTS, OTTAWA IF-5 IMPRIMÉ AU CANADA
PRECISE WORK-- A REPLY TO THE ENEMY PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY, OTTAWA IF-5 PRINTED IN CANADA
