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title: En Action! Une Pièce de 25 est Mise en Position
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-en-action-une-piece-de-25-mise-en-position-1939/
description: A low-angle photograph shows a soldier in a helmet pushing the wheel of a 25-pounder field gun into position, with a one-line French caption.
section: Collection
---

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[![En Action! Une Pièce de 25 est Mise en Position, 1939 UK photograph: A low-angle photograph shows a soldier in a helmet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-en-action-une-piece-de-25-mise-en-position-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-en-action-une-piece-de-25-mise-en-position-1939.jpg)

# En Action! Une Pièce de 25 est Mise en Position

A low-angle photograph shows a soldier in a helmet pushing the wheel of a 25-pounder field gun into position, with a one-line French caption. The tell for plain-folks is one ordinary gunner presented as the face of the army, with no unit, place or date; the sheet reads as a captioned photograph rather than an argument.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
EN ACTION !—UNE PIECE DE 25 EST MISE EN POSITION.
F. 9-2

[Translation: In action!—a 25-pounder gun is being put into position.]
```

[← The Effects of Over-Cooking and Keeping Hot](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-effects-of-over-cooking-and-keeping-hot-1939/) [The Enemy Has Long Ears (We in Scotland Must Be Most Careful) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-enemy-has-long-ears-scotland-1939/)

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