Official United States War Film (Signal Corps and Committee on Public Information)
A plain blue sheet with large white capitals announces an 'Official United States War Film' produced by the Signal Corps and the Committee on Public Information. It carries no image or argument; the tell is the word 'Official' and the two government names, which lend state authority to the film that follows.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Signal Corps and Committee on Public Information
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Media and information
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Army Signal Corps and Committee on Public Information. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-20.
Text on the object
OFFICIAL UNITED STATES WAR FILM PRODUCED BY SIGNAL CORPS, U. S. A. AND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION
