Burma-America Picture News poster No. 5 (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)

A Burmese-language photo-montage poster with blue banners reading 'Burma-American' and 'pictorial news' and a USIS emblem. Black-and-white photographs show a handshake between two men, guests at a reception holding drinks, a display case of books and printed items, a child patient in a hospital ward beside a volleyball net, a handover of cloth, and men examining mounted photographs. The tell is transfer with plain-folks: handshakes, receptions and gifts are used to associate goodwill and practical help with the U.S.-Burma relationship.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TransferPlain folks

Date

October 1, 1957

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Eisenhower Administration

Leader

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

Health, Economy and finance

Event

Cold War

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, October 1, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948956, 306-PPB-101b).

မြန်မာ အမေရိကန် သတင်းရုပ်စုံ

[six or more photograph captions in Burmese, [illegible] at this resolution]

USIS (printed beneath the emblem)

အမေရိကန် ပြန်ကြားရေးဌာနမှ ထုတ်ဝေသည်။

Burma-American news pictorial (banner, approximate). The banner is set in two blocks, 'Burma-American' and 'pictorial news'. Imprint: "Published by the American Information Service [U.S. Information Service]." Photograph captions not translated here.