Telephone-less
Slanted lettering reads 'telephone' on the left and 'less' in a tilted frame on the right, with a grey telephone handset split between them. The poster states only the demand to use the telephone less and gives no reason on its face, so the appeal rests on the slogan and the break in the picture.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office for the General Post Office (GPO); artist Hans Schleger (signed 'Zero'); printed by Chromoworks 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- Home front
- 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)
His Majesty's Stationery Office / General Post Office; artist Hans Schleger ('Zero'), 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, RG 44.
Text on the object
telephone less Zero Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Chromoworks Ltd., London. 51-3446 PRD 291.
