A Battery of Britain's Giant Coastal-Defence Guns Mounted on Railway Trucks
A large railway-mounted gun fires against an orange sky, with a second gun firing in the distance, above the printed line 'A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks.' This is a captioned illustration of British firepower; the only technique visible is selection, since it shows the guns firing with no figures, target or outcome.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Artist Roland Davies (initials 'P.L.'); no issuing body printed
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (UK wartime publication)
Artist Roland Davies (initials 'P.L.'); no issuing body printed. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-42.
Text on the object
A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks. [signature:] ROLAND DAVIES [initials:] P.L.
