TypePosterCreatorBob LightJohn HoustonDate"[1980]"CollectionFolder titled 'International'.DescriptionLaminated black and white poster depicting Ronald Reagan as Rhett Butler and Margaret Thatcher as Scarlett O'Hara from the film 'Gone With the Wind'. Poster is made to look like a real movie poster, except there is a nuclear cloud behind Reagan and Thatcher and the text has been altered. Text includes: 'The most EXPLOSIVE love story ever, She promised to follow him to the end of the earth. He promised to organise it! Now showing world-wide, Exception, Film banned in New Zealand on account of a nuclear weapon-free zone treaty signed with the producers'.
Sticker on rear of poster states 'This poster is the property of the: Trade Union Education Authority, PO Box 6645 Te Aro, Wellington, (04) 852-938'.
This poster has been adapted from an original version created by Bob Light and John Houston for the UK newspaper, 'The Socialist Worker', 1980 Christmas issue (information from the Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue).SubjectAntinuclear movementPostersRightsIn copyright
This item is in copyright; permission for reuse must be obtained from Victoria University of Wellington and the creator(s).
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PersonBob LightJohn HoustonMargaret ThatcherPresident Ronald Reagan
