Chitra Katha photo poster No. 10: Deep-sea fishing and a village farmer (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca)

A Bengali photo sheet with nine photographs in two stories. The top story shows East Pakistani fishermen working from a diesel-engined vessel, 'Diamond Jubilee', with nylon nets and motor launches provided under a U.S.-aided scheme. The lower story follows a smallholder, Abdul Malek Sheikh, growing vegetables with advice from the Daulatpur rural development centre. The tell is plain-folks and card-stacking: named ordinary workers and only successful results are shown.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folksCard stacking

Date

May 23, 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

Economy and finance, Science and technology

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

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, May 23, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948798, 306-PPB-34f).

চিত্র কথা

উত্তাল তরঙ্গ উপেক্ষা করে দূর সমুদ্র বক্ষে মৎস্য শিকার

সৃষ্টি-সুখের উল্লাসে ...

Issue No. 10. Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by Jatiya Mudran.
Editor's Note :-- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room Bulletin Board etc.

Chitra Katha (Picture Story)

Ignoring the raging waves, fishing in the deep sea far away

In the joy of creation and happiness ...

[English imprint lines as printed.]