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United States Official War Films, the Guns
Silhouetted guns against a flag sky.
What
A 1917 colour lithograph, 53 by 35 cm, signed Kerry and printed by the Hegeman Print of New York, for the official war films.
Why
It is the smallest of the Committee on Public Information's sheets in the house, sized for a theatre's door.
Notice
Soldiers and a firing cannon stand in silhouette on a red, white and blue sky, the United States seal below.
“The flag as the sky”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Official United States War Films (1917)
- Country / studio
- United States · Committee on Public Information
- Designer
- Kerry
- Printer / stone
- The Hegeman Print, New York
- Format
- Window card
- Poster published
- U.S. government film poster, colour lithograph, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs (LCCN 2002711980)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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