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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, military personnel, uniform, artillery, barrage balloons, aircraft, architecture, cityscape, bomb damage, air raid / blitz, fire / fire fighting, charities, emblems Description: whole: the image is positioned in the upper four-fifths. The emblem of the Rotary Club of Colombo is placed in the lower right. The title is integrated and located in the upper half, in red with black shadowing. The text is separate and placed in the lower fifth, in black and red. All set against a white background and held within a black border. image: a depiction of several British soldiers manning two anti-aircraft guns, as an air battle takes place overhead between RAF and German aircraft. Several planes have been hit and descend in flames. Barrage balloons and searchlights are also visible in the sky, set above the silhouetted London skyline. text: London Calling on February 13TH 1941 SHIRLEY D'ALWIS 40 IN AID OF WAR FUNDS AT THE COLOMBO RACE COURSE ROTARY CLUB COLOMBO REPRODUCED and PRINTED BY SURVEY DEPT CEYLON 7 1 1941 Object: artillery piece, aircraft, barrage balloon, helmet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: D'Alwis, Shirley Printer: Survey Department of Ceylon Publisher/Sponsor: Rotary Club, Colombo | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5142... | Go to resource |
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