Salvage is Vital in Conserving Our Shipping
A large arrow points from the word SALVAGE to a circle of scrap paper and tins, while a ship sinks into a wave above it. The footer calls Germans 'the Hun' (name-calling) and implies that wasted scrap costs shipping, a loss the poster ties to the enemy.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office for the UK government; artist Abram Games; printed by Elm Press (N.R.P. Co., Ltd.)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- 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)
UK government via H.M. Stationery Office; artist Abram Games; printed by Elm Press. National Archives and Records Administration, NARA ID 44266378 (44-PF-142a).
Text on the object
SALVAGE IS VITAL IN CONSERVING OUR SHIPPING A 'SCRAP OF PAPER' BEAT THE HUN LAST TIME. YOUR BITS OF SCRAP WILL HELP TO BEAT HIM AGAIN. SO SAVE EVERYTHING Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Elm Press (N.R.P. Co., Ltd.), 51-1958 C.G.E. P.R2 59 [signature:] A. GAMES R.F.
