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All Hands (© IWM (UKY 249))
The film shows two women who work at a railway station restaurant and they are busy chatting. They give away a lot of information that would have been very useful if overheard by an enemy spy.
Sailor’s girl:
Can I come and see you off?
Sailor:
I’ll have plenty to say if you don’t
Younger tea maid:
Oh, I could almost cry I could really
Older tea maid:
Well nobody’s stopping you
Younger tea maid:
That poor sailor on the Cambridge, waited all this time for his girl, now he’s got to sail tonight, really those fellow’s in whitehall have no consideration
Older tea maid:
What has he got to go all the way to Liverpool tonight?
Younger tea maid:
Portsmouth, but it’s nearly as far
Older tea maid:
Sickening
Younger tea maid:
He’s got to be there by nine, he’s got no time for a film or anything
Older tea maid:
Well we’ve all got to do our duty, war is war
« Return to Government posters3. Look at Source 10. This is a film called ‘All Hands’ made in 1940. Answer the questions below.
The film shows two women who work at a railway station restaurant and they are busy chatting. They give away a lot of information that would have been very useful if overheard by an enemy spy.
- What jobs do these women do in the film?
- What are they talking about?
- How does the film make clear that they should not talk in this way?
- Does the film closely match any of the ‘careless talk’ posters you have looked at?
- Why do you think the film is called ‘All Hands’?
- Do you think that the film or the posters are more effective in warning people about the dangers of ‘careless talk’? Give your reasons