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Fit Men Wanted The Imperial War Museums

Fit Men Wanted By The Imperial War Museums

Fit Men Wanted by The Imperial War Museums


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Summary

Reproduces the Imperial War Museum's collection of over 30,000 British Government wartime posters and proclamations, mostly from the First and Second World Wars, and most forgotten after their initial use. This title contains stirring messages that once exhorted citizens to do their bit for the war effort: Eat Greens for Health, and more.

Fit Men Wanted Summary

Fit Men Wanted: Original Posters from the Home Front by The Imperial War Museums

This book reproduces the best of the Imperial War Museum's collection of over 30,000 British Government wartime posters and proclamations, mostly from the First and Second World Wars, and most forgotten after their initial use. 100 eye-catching posters (with 62 perforated and detachable) contain stirring messages that once exhorted citizens to do their bit for the war effort: `Eat Greens for Health', `Beer: A Necessity to the Strength of Britain', `Fit Men Wanted', `Victory is in the Kitchen', `The Supreme Test of British Womanhood Comes Now'. Today they seem charmingly innocent, quintessentially British, and often very funny. The posters that bear them are a treasury of vintage graphics. Like the much-loved `Keep Calm and Carry On' poster, these proclamations are just what we need to keep a stiff upper lip and a sense of humour in our own troubled times.

Fit Men Wanted Reviews

'A flick through these iconic images provides an interesting, moving and often humorous insight into the poignant words and images that inspired British men and women throughout times of war. ' - Daily Express
'A great new collection of wartime posters and about as stiff upper-lipped as it gets. ' - Time Out
'The Keep Calm and Carry On poster phenomenon has now spawned Fit Men Wanted... a compendium of British government posters from the two World Wars. ' - Metro
'With these poster pull-outs, you too can inspire a little stiff upper lip spirit and resolve. ' - Big Issue
'The posters crackle with wit and visual energy and powerfully evoke a bygone era.' - The Wall Street Journal

About The Imperial War Museums

Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, the museum was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of Britain and its Empire during the First World War.

Additional information

GOR005083550
9780500290552
0500290555
Fit Men Wanted: Original Posters from the Home Front by The Imperial War Museums
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
20120828
128
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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