Description
Object description
whole: the title, held in a scroll design, is placed across the top. The image is located on the right, with the text
arranged down the left.
image: Marianne operates a cinema projector, which shows a film of charging French troops against a sun inscribed 'Verdun'. A woman and
three children in the foreground receive coins dropped from Marianne's out-stretched left hand.
text: GRANDE JOURNÉE CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE
JEUDI 2 NOVEMBRE 1916
ORGANISÉE DANS TOUS LES CINÉMAS DE FRANCE PAR LE SYNDICAT FRANÇAIS DES DIRECTEURS
LA RECETTE SERA VERSÉE AUX ORPHELINS ET AUX FAMILLES NÉCESSITEUSES DES GLORIEUX SOLDATS MORTS À VERDUN POUR LA DÉFENSE DE NOTRE PATRIE ET
DE L'HUMANITÉ
FRANÇAIS ET FRANÇAISES ....
Vous viendrez en foule
Pour les enfants dont les papas ne sont plus donnez ce que vous pouvez, donnez un peu de votre joie, un peu de votre bien être .... et
beaucoup de votre âme ...
Les ORPHELINS de la GUERRE sont vos petits frères et vos petites sœurs
Ne les Oubliez pas ....
E Muller 1916
IMP. DAUVISSAT
[Grand Day of Cinematography. Thursday 2nd November 1916. Organized in all cinemas in France by the French Association of Directors.
Takings will be paid to the orphans and needy families of the glorious soldiers who died at Verdun in defence of our country and humanity.
Men and women of France … You will come in large numbers for the children whose fathers are no longer alive, give what you can, give a
little of your happiness, give a little of your well-being … and a lot of your soul… The war orphans are your little brothers and sisters -
Don't forget them.]
Physical description
V 3978.
Label
The Battle of Verdun was the most extended battle of the First World War. From February to December 1916, the French
defended the fortified town of Verdun against repeated German attacks. Although it was not strategically important, the French regarded
Verdun as vital to morale and national pride: it had been a French military base since Roman times, and was the last fortress to fall to
the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War. During the course of the battle 259 of the French army's 330 infantry regiments had been
involved. French counter-attacks eventually pushed the Germans back to where they had started, and the Kaiser's new Chief of Staff, Paul
von Hindenburg, called off the attack. There were very heavy casualties on both sides, and it is estimated that between 250,000 and
500,000 men died at Verdun.
Inscription
2 NOV 1916 [x2]
Inscription
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