En Action! - Une Pièce de 25 Est Mise en Position (Compliments of France Forever, New York)
A British gunner in a helmet pushes the wheel of a 25-pounder field gun on grass under a low sky; the caption reads 'En action!'. The sheet is an informational photograph sheet, not an argument; the closest fit is card-stacking, since only a ready, well-equipped gun crew is shown, with no losses or limits, as the picture the distributor wanted viewers to hold of the Allied war effort.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- France Forever, The Free French Movement in America, 587 Fifth Avenue, New York City (photograph of a British gun crew)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Diaspora or minority
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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 and publication year not stated on the item)
France Forever, The Free French Movement in America, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-787.
Text on the object
EN ACTION!—UNE PIECE DE 25 EST MISE EN POSITION. COMPLIMENTS OF FRANCE FOREVER The Free French Movement in America 587 - 5th Avenue, N. Y. C. F. 9-2 [Translation: In action! A 25-pounder is brought into position.]
