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title: In the Blackout - Before You Alight Make Sure the Train is in the Station - Look for Platform
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-in-the-blackout-before-you-alight-make-sure-the-train-is-in-the-station-1939/
description: A stylised illustration shows half of a worried face seen through a diamond frame against a tiled wall, under the headline 'In the Blackout'
section: Collection
---

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# In the Blackout - Before You Alight Make Sure the Train is in the Station - Look for Platform

A stylised illustration shows half of a worried face seen through a diamond frame against a tiled wall, under the headline 'In the Blackout' and the instruction to check the train is in the station before alighting. The tell is the anxious eye as the staged image of danger, which conveys a risk of injury so that the reader follows the safety instruction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
IN THE BLACKOUT

Before you alight
make sure the train
is in the station.
Look for platform

[signature:] ZERO
[imprint:] 943.1803.1500.   The Baynard Press.
```

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