The picture we are studying is an advertisement for Mitchell's Golden Dawn Cigarettes. The advertisement was made during WWI therefore it is based and inspired by a war theme. It is from the World War One in 1914 and shows a scene from a trench with soldiers. There are a number of "inaccuracies" in the picture which would not have been in the trench. I intend to point these out and explain what would have been …
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…think the Mitchell's Golden Dawn advert is an accurate image of trench warfare. However I think that the advert was deliberately made inaccurate for the varies of reasons I have mentioned above. We must consider that if it were to be drawn accurately there would have been many constrictions from the government. Therefore manipulation of the truth was needed to send out a positive image of war and also persuade people to buy their product.