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title: La puissance militaire de la France (Section cinématographique de l'armée)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/france-puissance-militaire-1917/
description: 'Two-panel colour print: massed ranks and cavalry under a rising sun above, and a general presenting regimental flags to soldiers in steel helmets below…'
section: Collection
---

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# La puissance militaire de la France (Section cinématographique de l'armée)

Two-panel colour print: massed ranks and cavalry under a rising sun above, and a general presenting regimental flags to soldiers in steel helmets below, under the title 'La puissance militaire de la France'. The tell is the abstract title with ceremony: the scale of the formations and the flags stand in for any figures about strength.

## Text on the object

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

```
[roundel] SECTION CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE
LA PUISSANCE MILITAIRE DE LA FRANCE
LOUCHET-PUBLICITÉ, PARIS [small, partly illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The military power of France. Louchet-Publicité, Paris.
```

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