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.

Date

1917

Period

First World War

Made by

Section cinématographique de l'armée (Louchet-Publicité imprint)

Region

Western and Central Europe

Country

France

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

Military

Regime

Ribot Government

Leader

Alexandre Ribot

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Reassure

Themes

War and the military, Home front

Event

World War I

Techniques

Glittering generalitiesTransfer

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026

Rights

Public domain (published 1917, before 1931; Library of Congress World War I Posters, item 99613739)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA (item https://www.loc.gov/item/99613739/)

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

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