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title: Bill Miller sports demonstration poster (Lao, Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bill-miller-sports-demonstration-poster-lao-vientiane-1957/
description: A yellow Lao-language poster inviting the public to a demonstration of American sports at the national stadium in early May 1957.
section: Collection
---

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[![Bill Miller sports demonstration poster, 1957 US poster: A yellow Lao-language poster inviting the public to a demonstration](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bill-miller-sports-demonstration-poster-lao-vientiane-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/bill-miller-sports-demonstration-poster-lao-vientiane-1957.jpg)

# Bill Miller sports demonstration poster (Lao, Vientiane)

A yellow Lao-language poster inviting the public to a demonstration of American sports at the national stadium in early May 1957, led by a named U.S. Olympic athlete (Bill Miller, per NARA's title). Six drawn athletes show baseball batting, basketball, tennis, discus, football and running. A foot line credits the Lao Ministry of Youth and Sports and the American information service. The tell is testimonial: a famous Olympian is the draw for an American-sports show.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (Lao) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ມາໆ ມາໆ

ຂໍເຊີນທຸກທ່ານ
ຍິນດີໃຫ້ທຸກທ່ານຊົມ

ຕົວຈິງຂອງບິລມິລເລີ ນັກກິລາ
ໂອລິມປິກທີ່ລືຊື່ຂອງອະເມຣິກາ

ການສະແດງກິລານາໆຊະນິດ
ໃນອະເມຣິກາ

ເປີດໃຫ້ຊົມຕະຫຼອດວັນ
ທີ່ສະນາມກິລາແຫ່ງຊາດ

ຕົ້ນເດືອນພຶດສະພາ
໑໙໕໗

ສົ່ງເສີມໂດຍ ກະຊວງກິລາຍຸວະຊົນແຫ່ງອານາຈັກລາວ
ແລະ ສຳນັກງານຂ່າວອະເມຣິກັນ
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Come! Come! We invite everyone; everyone is welcome to watch. The real Bill Miller, the famous American Olympic athlete. A demonstration of various sports in America. Open for viewing all day at the National Stadium, early May 1957. Sponsored by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Kingdom of Laos and the American Information Service.
```

Best-effort reading of Lao script; the opening words and the athlete's name spelling are uncertain.

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