Jump to page content
Small text Medium text Large text For teachers Glossaire Site map Home
Text size Text and printable version
WWII: An Overview in Moving PicturesWWII: An Overview in Moving PicturesMany Voices, Many StoriesMany Voices, Many StoriesThe Home FrontCritical PerspectivesCritical PerspectivesSee Everything, Hear EverythingSee Everything, Hear Everything
In consultation
The World in Action presents War Birds
This poster for the 1943 film War Birds shows two hands releasing a carrier pigeon while in the background two airmen in an inflatable dinghy watch their plane sink.  Larger image
Harry Mayerovitch, film poster, 1943

A typical poster by the designer Harry Mayerovitch, embodying in a single image the film War Birds, about the use of carrier pigeons for location and sea rescues during the Second World War.

National Film Board of Canada



Archives
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
CLose
Labour Front
1943
This is the poster for the film The Labour Front. Its...
See »»
CLose
Film (19:00)
Tomorrow's World
1943
A film emphasizing both the importance of conservation and...
View »»
CLose
Tomorrow's World
1943
In a clean, modern style, Harry Mayerovitch, who worked...
See »»
CLose
War Birds
1943
A typical poster by the designer Harry Mayerovitch,...
See »»