A Motor-Cycle Squad of the Indian Military Police in Egypt
A low-angle photograph shows a rank of turbaned Indian Military Police riders on motorcycles, with a caption describing them as a 'fine body of men' drawn up for inspection in Egypt. The poster is mostly descriptive; the tell for glittering-generalities is the approving label 'fine body of men' and the 'For Freedom' tag, with no figures or claims to test. It presents the Indian Army as part of the British war effort.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government wartime poster series 'For Freedom' (issuing department and printer not stated; series mark and sheet code 'E.A.3.' only)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Empire and colonialism
- 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; no rights statement on the sheet; hosted by owner decision
British wartime poster series 'For Freedom' (issuer not stated). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-172f.
Text on the object
E.A.3. [logo: Union Jack] FOR FREEDOM A MOTOR-CYCLE SQUAD OF THE INDIAN MILITARY POLICE IN EGYPT LIKE THE BRITISH ARMY, the Indian Army has its own Military Police, who patrol the areas in which Indian soldiers are stationed. This fine body of men is the Indian Motor-Cycle Squad of Military Police, drawn up for inspection in Egypt.
