Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.206
Object Name
T-Shirt
Title
Gone with the Wind
People
Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan
Date
1980-1990
Description
A white t-shirt featuring a spoof film poster for 'Gone with the wind' where the lead actors have been replaced by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. A mushroom cloud can be seen in the distance. Underneath the image blue text reads: "She promised to follow him to the end of the Earth. He promised to organise it."
Full text reads: "Milton Friedman / In association with PENTAGON PRODUCTIONS presents / GONE WITH THE WIND / Directed by Hank Kissinger"
This is an anti-nuclear t-shirt made towards the end of the cold war in protest of UK Prime Minister Maragaret Thatcher allowing US Cruise Missile bases in the UK.
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