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title: He Gets a "Picture" from "Unimportant" Scraps Pieced Together
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-he-gets-a-picture-from-unimportant-scraps-1941/
description: A caricatured Hitler, swastika on his sleeve, holds a cracked map labelled 'British Plans' whose pieces are fed by speech bubbles from soldiers
section: Collection
---

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[![He Gets a "Picture" from "Unimportant" Scraps Pieced Together, 1941 UK poster: A caricatured Hitler, swastika on his sleeve](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-he-gets-a-picture-from-unimportant-scraps-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-he-gets-a-picture-from-unimportant-scraps-1941.jpg)

# He Gets a "Picture" from "Unimportant" Scraps Pieced Together

A caricatured Hitler, swastika on his sleeve, holds a cracked map labelled 'British Plans' whose pieces are fed by speech bubbles from soldiers and a dancing couple ('seaplanes and destroyers', 'loading up all night', 'shan't be here tomorrow'). The tell for fear-appeal is the single remedy 'Written or spoken, when in doubt leave out!'; the Hitler caricature is the name-calling element.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
He gets a "Picture"
from "unimportant" scraps PIECED TOGETHER
BRITISH PLANS
S. Africa's already there my boy!
seaplanes and destroyers
loading up all night
shan't be here tomorrow
WRITTEN or SPOKEN -
- WHEN IN DOUBT
LEAVE OUT!
MAC 41
SECURITY! - Issued in the Interest of OUR FORCES & YOUR FOLK AT HOME!
```

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