File:Never was so much owed by so many to so few.jpg

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Summary

Description	English: A poster quoting Churchill's words on the pilots of the Battle of Britain
Source	This World War II poster was taken from the uploader's own collection. A lower resolutio version of the same poster is available at https://www.mplib.org/wpdb/index.asp?exact=MPW00376 where the publisher information is provided as follows "Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydon Printers, Ltd". This implies that the copyright holder is HMSO or, in other words, it is Crown Copyright. As this poster is more than 50 years old, it is now in the public domain.
Author	H.M. Stationery Office

Licensing

This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was published prior to 1974; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
2007-03-29 21:57	600×895× (120805 bytes)	Greenshed	This World War II poster was taken from the uploader's own collection. A lower resolutio version of the same poster is available at https://www.mplib.org/wpdb/index.asp?exact=MPW00376 where the publisher information is provided as follows "Printed for H.

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:01, 14 September 2024	600 × 895 (118 KB)	Hohum	rv, pointless upscale
	18:27, 11 July 2020	1,329 × 1,982 (1.27 MB)	Ruffneck'88	Eine höhere Auflösung des Bildes
	04:26, 13 September 2014	600 × 895 (118 KB)	Innotata	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information \|Description={{en\|A poster quoting Churchill's words on the pilots of the Battle of Britain}} \|Source=This World War II poster was taken from the uploader's own collection. A lower resolutio version of the same pos...