A look at British propaganda posters of World War II.
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British Owls Posters A set of 5 A4 sized posters about British owls. Great for discussions and displays on Woodland or British Wildlife topics. The owls - High quality downloadable teaching resource from Teacher's Pet.
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British WWII Posters, BACK THEM UP! , Series of Three Nockolds, Roy (1911-1979). Poster, 20 x 30 in. BACK THEM UP! London: Fosh & Cross, Ltd., 1942. Signed and dated in print, lower right. Depicts an ...from
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Concorde Vacations British Airways Holidays featuring a great image of an iconic Concorde plane flying at night towards the viewer with lights visible on the black background, the text below and above with the BA logo and information in small text along the bottom - Flagship of the British Airways fleet Concorde is the world's only supersonic passenger aircraft flying at a cruising speed of Mach 2 (1,336 mph/ 2,150 kph) and an altitude of 55,000 feet (16,765 m), Concorde crosses the Atlantic in 3 hours and 40 minutes. Good condition, restored creasing, backed on linen.
Original vintage advertising poster for a British Army Exhibition on 25 May - Exposition Des Armees Britanniques Inauguration le 25 Mai Annexe du Grand Palais - featuring a great design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting a stylised image of a soldier wearing a helmet against a dark shadow background, a Union Jack flag leading down to the bold title text below, the image resembling the shape of the United Kingdom. Printed in England by Chromoworks Ltd, London. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, restored paper losses, restored creasing, backed on linen.
Original vintage anti-British propaganda poster issued in Nazi occupied France during World War Two - Son Dernier Espoir Le Blocus aurai-je assez ... pour eux deux? / His Last Hope The Blockade will I have enough for them both? - featuring an illustration of a malnourished pregnant lady and her young child standing on a map of France and dominated by big dark figure of Winston Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 1874-1965; Prime Minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955) wearing a hat and smoking a cigar with a gloved hand, the stylised text above and below. Large size. Very good condition, small stain on bottom margin, minor restoration to original folds, backed on linen.
Original vintage British Railways poster for Cornwall in South West England featuring a fun and colourful pictorial map depicting historical myths, legends and events, notable people including the first Duke of Cornwall Edward The Black Prince and King Arthur, coats of arms of Falmouth Bodmin Launceston Truro and Cornwall, fish and sailing boats at sea, people on holiday swimming and playing with a beach ball, seagulls, fishermen and shipwrecks, a mermaid, pirates, a pixie and a ghost of a white rabbit, an artist with a easel, devils, a wizard and a witch flying on a broomstick, Giant Bolster hurling a boulder, castles, St Michael's Mount, the hills, cliffs and beaches, various other places of interest with the train route marked in red with small black and white images next to towns and villages, the title in a decorated scroll above with the British Railways logo inside a compass marker below. Printed by N. Lloyd & Co, London. Published by the British Railways Western Region. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, tape on corners, creasing, staining.
This solemn group of posters teaching safety to British citizens comes from the archive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The...
Original vintage rail travel advertising poster – Progress Every week British Railways Modernisation Plan goes further ahead – featuring great artwork by the notable British artist Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) for the cover of Progress, the Unilever magazine Winter issue 1957-1958, depicting workers in a train depot warehouse working on diesel locomotives with sunlight streaming through the glass and an old 1837 Great Western Railway GWR North Star steam locomotive in the background. The Modernisation and Re-Equipment of the British Railways report (known as the Modernisation Plan) was published in 1954. Printed by Waterlow and Sons Ltd London and Dunstable. Horizontal. Large size. Very good condition, small restored paper losses in corners, backed on linen.
Original vintage travel advertising poster promoting BOAC flights to Jamaica: Jamaica British West Indies Land of Calypso Fly BOAC. Fun and colourful image for the Caribbean island popular with holiday makers featuring happy musicians wearing large straw hats playing music and singing on a sandy beach with palms trees and flowers on the hills in the distance sea and barefoot smiling tourists standing by the sea enjoying the view, the stylised text above and on the side. The British Overseas Airways Corporation / BOAC was the British state airline created in 1940-1946 as the result of a merger, merging again in 1971-1974 to create British Airways / BA. Silkscreen printed. Good condition, restored minor creases and paper loss on margins, staining, backed on linen.
Snowdonia poster for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster published by British Railways informing passengers about laws that prevent them from announcing train delays, written as a poem "Censored! In Peace-time railways could explain When fog or ice held up your train But now the country's waging war To tell you why's against the law. The censor says you must not know When there's been a fall of snow That's because it would be news The Germans could not fail to use. So think of this - if it's your fate To have to meet a train that's late, Railways aren't allowed to say What delayed the trains to-day." inside a decorative border illustrated with smartly dressed people, school children and commuters and a clock at the top. Printed in London by Baynard Press. Good condition, restored folds, restored paper losses in margin, backed on linen.
Original vintage railway travel poster - Bristol Romantic Centre for a Delightful Holiday Travel by Train - issued by British Railways Western Region featuring a stunning view by the notable British artist Leslie Arthur Wilcox (1904-1982) showing people and families with children in fashionable summer dresses and suits walking in the sunshine along the tree lined riverside path next to the River Avon below the iconic Clifton suspension bridge (opened 1864) with seagulls flying overhead and pigeons in the shade of the trees in the foreground, the dramatic limestone Avon Gorge rising to the sky in the background, a fenced path visible on the left and a steam train emerging from a tunnel on the railway in the rocks below the Leigh Woods on the right, the bold title lettering with the railway logo below. The toll bridge links the area of Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset and was designed by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw based on an original design by the notable civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). The pathway shown is now a busy city centre bypass road and, on the other side, a pathway and cycleway now runs alongside the railway line. Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow and Sons Limited, London and Dunstable. Very good condition, folds, repaired tears, minor staining, backed on linen.
A collection of rare World War Two posters were sold for almost £20,000 at Penzance Auction House in Cornwall, including three designs of Nazi leaders that were never in circulation.
A new era of travel emerged in the early 20th Century, and these posters encouraged Britons to explore further afield - and even to take their Daily Mail with them!
A collection of 200 adverts form a new book called British Airways: 100 Years of Aviation Posters and provide a historical timeline of the carrier. Here we present our favourites.
