Stop talking, look what happens, listen, its safer!
Security sheet in grey tones: block-letter words 'STOP TALKING', 'LOOK WHAT HAPPENS' and 'LISTEN' beside a round drawing of a ship sinking with smoke, with a conning tower marked 'UB' beside it. The sinking ship is the fear-appeal linking talk to loss.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, VI Army Corps (G-2 section)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- 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. Army, VI Army Corps. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1820 (NAID 515500).
Text on the object
STOP TALKING LOOK WHAT HAPPENS LISTEN ITS SAFER ! DON'T TALK ABOUT MILITARY AFFAIRS EVERYONES SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU! [on the conning tower in the drawing:] UB 5 G-2 VI ARMY CORPS
