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title: Burma-American Pictorial News (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-american-newsreel-burmese-1953/
description: A Burmese-language photo poster under a red headline, 'Burma-American' pictorial news. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Burma-American Pictorial News (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)

A Burmese-language photo poster under a red headline, 'Burma-American' pictorial news. Eight captioned photographs show an American vice-presidential visit as the captions describe it: greetings and a temple visit, a hospital ward, a women's gathering, gift presentations, children in a crowd and a wreath-laying. The tell is transfer: the visitor's reception and gifts carry goodwill to the U.S.-Burma relationship.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
မြန်မာ အမေရိကန် သတင်းရုပ်စုံ

[eight photograph captions in Burmese, [illegible] at this resolution]
```

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

```
Burma-American Pictorial News (headline). The captions are not translated here.
```

Only the headline is transcribed; the captions are too small to read reliably from the scan.

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