Good Arc Welders Watch - Good Welds Help Win the War!
Four cartoon welders beside arrows labelled correct current, angle of electrode, arc length and rate of travel give technical instructions, with a voltage chart and a note advertising a six-reel film. The slogan 'Good welds help win the war!' links a workshop skill to the national war aim (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Supply (poster No. 79), printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Flemings, Leicester
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, Science and technology
- Event
- World War II
- 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
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Supply. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44266538 (44-PF-191).
Text on the object
GOOD ARC WELDERS WATCH- CORRECT CURRENT ANGLE OF ELECTRODE ARC LENGTH RATE OF TRAVEL GOOD WELDS HELP WIN THE WAR! THE INSIDE OF ARC WELDING A 16 mm technicolour and sound film (running time 1 hour) is available for showing in works and engineering societies Reel 1 Fundamentals of Arc Welding Reel 2 Welding in the flat position Reel 3 Welding in the horizontal position Reel 4 Alternating current welding Reel 5 Welding in the vertical position Reel 6 Welding in the overhead position Enquiries to Advisory Service on Welding, Berkeley Court, W.1 MINISTRY OF SUPPLY No 79 PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FLEMINGS, LEICESTER. 51-3760.
