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title: Jour et Nuit, la Marine Balaye les Mers. Voici des Navires Britanniques à la Recherche de l'Ennemi
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-jour-et-nuit-la-marine-balaye-les-mers-1939/
description: A destroyer leads a line of British warships through rough, spray-whipped water under a dark sky; the printed line says the navy sweeps the seas day
section: Collection
---

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[![Jour et Nuit, la Marine Balaye les Mers. Voici des Navires Britanniques à la Recherche de l'Ennemi, 1939 UK poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-jour-et-nuit-la-marine-balaye-les-mers-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-jour-et-nuit-la-marine-balaye-les-mers-1939.jpg)

# Jour et Nuit, la Marine Balaye les Mers. Voici des Navires Britanniques à la Recherche de l'Ennemi

A destroyer leads a line of British warships through rough, spray-whipped water under a dark sky; the printed line says the navy sweeps the seas day and night looking for the enemy. This is a captioned photograph sheet; the closest fit is card-stacking, since a single image of readiness and vigilance stands for the whole naval war, without losses or limits.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
JOUR ET NUIT, LA MARINE BALAYE LES MERS.  VOICI DES NAVIRES BRITANNIQUES A LA RECHERCHE DE L'ENNEMI.
[Translation: Day and night the navy sweeps the seas. Here are British ships searching for the enemy.]
```

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