In the Blackout - Pause as You Leave the Station's Light
Two stylised faces, half in shadow under bowler hats, appear beneath the heading 'In the Blackout' with the instruction to pause on leaving the station's light. The tell is the London Transport roundel: a civil-defence safety instruction is carried under an institution the public already trusts. No enemy is shown.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- London Passenger Transport Board (London Transport), artist Hans Schleger (Zero), printed by The Baynard Press
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- 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
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (UK wartime poster, c. 1939-1945)
London Passenger Transport Board (London Transport), artist Hans Schleger (Zero), printed by The Baynard Press, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-240.
Text on the object
IN THE BLACKOUT Pause as you leave the station's light [signed:] ZERO [imprint:] The Baynard Press. 243/1725/1500.
