Image of It is Far Better to Face the Bullets than to by Unknown Artist, (20th century)

It is Far Better to Face the Bullets than to be Killed at Home by...

IMAGE number: NAM5920162
Image title: It is Far Better to Face the Bullets than to be Killed at Home by a Bomb, 1915 circa (chromolitho)
Artist: Unknown Artist, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: chromolithograph
Date: 1915 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: It is Far Better to Face the Bullets than to be Killed at Home by a Bomb, 1915 circa. Chromolithograph recruiting poster, issued by the Publicity Department, Central Recruiting Depot, Whitehall, printed by Andrew Reid and Co Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne, World War One, 1915 circa. A German Zeppelin, caught in the beam of a searchlight, hovers above a silhouette of the London skyline. The first Zeppelin raid on Britain was at Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in January 1915. London was first attacked on 31 May 1915, when seven people were killed and £18,000 worth of damage caused. In the months that followed, fifty further Zeppelin raids took place and a blackout was imposed on the city. Text transcription: 'IT IS FAR BETTER/ TO FACE THE BULLETS/ THAN TO BE KILLED/ AT HOME BY A BOMB/ JOIN THE ARMY AT ONCE/ & HELP TO STOP AN AIR RAID/ GOD SAVE THE KING'.
Photo credit: © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: aircraft / bombardment / recruitment / recruiting / air defence / zeppelin / Airship / searchlight / city / topography / cathedral / building / propaganda / media / air raid / silhouette

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