Vu d'En-Dessous des Puissantes Pièces du "King George V" - Un Convoi Arrive Sans Encombre au Port
Looking out from beneath the huge gun barrels of a battleship, a sailor stands at the rail while merchant ships of a convoy sail beyond them on a rough sea. The caption says the convoy arrives safely in port. The tell is the single image offered for safe passage, with no losses, dates or denominators stated.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No imprint printed; British wartime photographic information sheet in French (British origin inferred from the subject and RAF markings)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- 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; likely UK Crown copyright from 1939-1945 (50 years expired); hosted by owner decision
Issuer not printed (British wartime information sheet in French). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-795k.
Text on the object
VU D'EN-DESSOUS DES PUISSANTES PIECES DU "KING GEORGE V"—UN CONVOI ARRIVE SANS ENCOMBRE AU PORT. [print reference, lower right:] F. 9-1 [Translation: Seen from beneath the powerful guns of the "King George V" - a convoy arrives safely in port. [print reference, lower right:] F. 9-1]
