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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No issuer named on the sheet; British government photographic sheet in French (issuer inferred from subject and series)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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
Issuer not named; British government photographic sheet (inferred). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-795d.
Text on the object
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.]
