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Description: | Concept: propaganda, military personnel, empire / commonwealth Description: whole: the image is positioned in the lower three-quarters, held within a brown border. The title is separate and placed in the upper quarter, in blue and red. The main text is integrated and located in the lower three-quarters, in blue. Further text is separate and positioned in the upper left, in brown, and across the bottom edge, in blue. All set against a white background. image: a pictogram illustrating the recruitment of men from Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Empire during the war, using stylised images of soldiers. The majority of the images are coloured red to represent soldiers from Great Britain. The remainder are coloured blue to represent soldiers from the Commonwealth and Empire. A map of Great Britain is placed below the red soldiers. text: GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT No.2 MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES PROPORTION FROM GREAT BRITAIN Out of 10 million who served in the Armed Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire, 51/2 million men were from the United Kingdom alone O.P.D. 365/71/11 This picturegraph is based on latest official figures issued by H.M. Government - November 1944 (25218) Wt. 18198/P6143 26-961-8 18435 6/45 L and B. Printed in England by Lowe and Brydone Printers Ltd., London, N.W.10 | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Lowe and Brydone Printers Ltd, London NW10 | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3396... | Go to resource |
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