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title: Burma-America Picture News Poster No. 7 (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-america-picture-news-poster-7-burmese-1957/
description: 'A Burmese photo-sheet of seven captioned photographs under the masthead ''Burma American Picture News'': a U.S. envoy handing a document to Burmese'
section: Collection
---

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# Burma-America Picture News Poster No. 7 (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)

A Burmese photo-sheet of seven captioned photographs under the masthead 'Burma American Picture News': a U.S. envoy handing a document to Burmese officials, a flag-raising at an oil plant with visitors, a wreath-laying at a memorial, a handshake on an airfield, girls cooking at an outdoor camp and two men on a motorcycle in a city street. The tell is transfer: official ceremonies and public figures are shown beside ordinary visitors and travellers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
မြန်မာ အမေရိကန်
သတင်းရုပ်စုံ
[photo captions in Burmese script, not individually transcribed]
အမေရိကန်ပြန်ကြားရေးမှ ထုတ်ဝေသည်။
```

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

```
Burma American
Picture News
[photo captions not translated]
Published by the American Information Service.
```

Masthead and issue line in Burmese; the captions beside the photographs are not individually transcribed.

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