Your Country Needs You
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"Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Your Country Needs You canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War I poster
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propaganda poster ⓘ recruitment slogan ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Army
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Lord Kitchener recruitment campaign ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | United Kingdom home front ⓘ |
| colorPalette | monochrome ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
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direct gaze at viewer ⓘ pointing finger towards viewer ⓘ |
| genre | war propaganda ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became one of the most famous British posters of World War I
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inspired later parodies and adaptations in popular culture ⓘ |
| hasEffect | encouraged enlistment at the outbreak of World War I ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bold uppercase lettering of the slogan
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image of Lord Kitchener pointing at the viewer ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| inception | 1914 ⓘ |
| influenced |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
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surface form:
I Want You for U.S. Army
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| inspiredBy | British patriotism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ |
| medium | print poster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic use of pointing figure in recruitment posters
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widespread recognition as a symbol of British WWI propaganda ⓘ |
| purpose | encourage men to enlist in the British Army ⓘ |
| sloganText | Your Country Needs YOU ⓘ |
| subjectOf | British Army recruitment campaign ⓘ |
| topic |
military service
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national duty ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| use | military recruitment ⓘ |
| usedFor | recruitment of volunteers ⓘ |
| visualFocus |
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
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surface form:
face of Lord Kitchener
pointing hand ⓘ |
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