Chitra Katha photo poster No. 13: Pakistani students at Beirut (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca)

A Bengali photo sheet headed 'Pakistani students at Beirut University'. Photographs show Pakistani men and women studying public health and education at the American University of Beirut under a U.S. international cooperation scheme, in classrooms, a library and on the campus. The text says 27 Pakistani students attend and will return within a year. The tell is glittering-generalities with plain-folks: named students and mixed-nationality friendship are used to present the programme.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalitiesPlain folks

Date

June 3, 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

Science and technology, Media and information

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, June 3, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948801, 306-PPB-34i).

চিত্র কথা

বৈরুত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পাকিস্তানী ছাত্র-ছাত্রী

[Chalkboard in photograph:] HEALTH EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN

Issue No. 13 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)

Pakistani students at Beirut University

[English chalkboard and imprint lines as printed.]