---
title: Someone Talked!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/someone-talked-1942/
description: 'Home-front ''loose talk'' security poster: a hand reaches up out of dark water, with the headline ''Someone Talked!'' above.'
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

[![Someone Talked!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/someone-talked-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/someone-talked-1942.jpg)

# Someone Talked!

Home-front 'loose talk' security poster: a hand reaches up out of dark water, with the headline 'Someone Talked!' above. The image implies a drowning sailor lost at sea because of careless speech, a fear-appeal aimed at civilians. The source image is a very small (117x150) thumbnail.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SOMEONE
TALKED!
```

Thumbnail only (117x150); any smaller print is not legible.

[← Ayudad a la obra social de la Sección Femenina poniendo un sello de José Antonio en vuestras cartas (cinema slide)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seccion-femenina-sello-jose-antonio-slide-1942/) [Lietuvos darbo žmonės! Lietuviai! (Working People of Lithuania! Lithuanians!): Soviet May Day leaflet for German-occupied Lithuania →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-leaflet-lietuvos-darbo-zmones-1942/)

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