---
title: Eclipse
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eclipse-berryman-1955/
description: A radiant sun labelled "SPIRIT OF GENEVA" is being covered by a dark cloud, while a rugged mountain peak stands in sunlit mist below.
section: Collection
---

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[![Eclipse, 1955 US cartoon: A radiant sun labelled "SPIRIT OF GENEVA" is being covered by a dark cloud, while a rugged mountain](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eclipse-berryman-1955.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eclipse-berryman-1955.jpg)

# Eclipse

A radiant sun labelled "SPIRIT OF GENEVA" is being covered by a dark cloud, while a rugged mountain peak stands in sunlit mist below. The cartoon argues the mood of the 1955 Geneva summit has been dimmed; the technique is a slogan-as-symbol, a high-valence phrase carried by a pictorial image.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
"SPIRIT OF GENEVA"
JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
```

[← What makes you think I'm going to run?](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-what-makes-you-think-im-going-to-run-1955/) [Ah!...Another candidate. →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-ah-another-candidate-1955/)

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