A Motor-Cycle Detachment of the British Army Armed with "Tommy" Guns
A colour drawing shows a column of British Army motorcyclists, the lead rider with a Thompson submachine gun mounted on his handlebars and a muzzle flash at left, with a single printed line naming the scene. The tell is selective presentation: only the unit's armament, speed and numbers are shown, with no losses or limits (a weak fit for card-stacking, as the sheet makes no claim beyond its caption).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Artist Roland Davies (signed); mark 'P.K.'; issuing body not stated on the sheet
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- 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; no imprint on the sheet; hosted by owner decision
Roland Davies (artist), issuer not stated. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-56.
Text on the object
A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with "Tommy" guns. [signed:] ROLAND DAVIES [mark:] P.K.
