Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Convoy Moves Through Spares, 1939 UK poster: A truck convoy runs past a large outlined yellow nut, under the words 'Convoy

Convoy Moves Through Spares

A truck convoy runs past a large outlined yellow nut, under the words 'Convoy moves through spares'. The tell for transfer is the borrowed prestige of the wartime convoy image, carried onto the supply of spare parts. The slogan is a pun on the convoy moving because spares reach it, and it states no specific ask.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Publicity Department, Central Ordnance Depot, Greenford
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
United Kingdom
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Military
Regime
Churchill Government
Leader
Winston Churchill
Audience
Own forces
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes
War and the military, Home front
Event
World War II
Regime
Churchill wartime government
Leader
Winston Churchill
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
UK Crown-copyright-era wartime print, expired; hosted by owner decision
Publicity Department, Central Ordnance Depot, Greenford. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-143.

Text on the object

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

CONVOY
moves
through
SPARES
[imprint:] Produced by PUBLICITY DEPT. CENTRAL ORDNANCE DEPOT, GREENFORD.

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