"Line Up, Boys! Enlist To-Day!"

"Line Up, Boys! Enlist To-Day!"

Recruitment: Military

The poster is a piece of propaganda relating to the army during World War I. The posters displays several soldiers happily marching side by side, holding their weapons. Each of the soldiers is wearing the same outfit, shirts and a kilt, and holding a rifle upright. The country of origin is Britain, and the poster serves as a form of persuasion for young British men looking to join the war force. Since the main audience is young British men, the poster excludes such audiences such as older men, and women of all ages. It attempts to read the audience because it shows soldiers happily marching, instead of displaying the true, negative affects of war on men all over the world.

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee

Library of Congress

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee

1915

E. and S. Std

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41.4 x 26.4 cm

English

War Poster-Propaganda

1992.004.5.97

Britain