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title: The Sailor Depends on the Telephone
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-sailor-depends-on-the-telephone-1939/
description: A radio mast and camouflaged-roof Post Office buildings stand on a coast, with radio rings running out to a line of warships at sea.
section: Collection
---

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# The Sailor Depends on the Telephone

A radio mast and camouflaged-roof Post Office buildings stand on a coast, with radio rings running out to a line of warships at sea. A strip below links a P.O. wireless station, repeater station, telephone exchange and Naval Headquarters, and the caption says the Post Office provides all land connections. The navy's prestige is attached to the Post Office's work (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
THE SAILOR DEPENDS
ON THE TELEPHONE

P.O. WIRELESS STATION
P.O. REPEATER STATION
P.O. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
NAVAL HEADQUARTERS

THE POST OFFICE PROVIDES
ALL LAND CONNECTIONS

GPC
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-2428   P.D.R 269
```

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