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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- General Post Office (GPO); printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Multi Machine Plates Ltd, London
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, 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)
General Post Office; printed by Multi Machine Plates Ltd for HMSO, c. 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives (NAID 44267219, 44-PF-451).
Text on the object
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
