Chitra Katha photo poster No. 8: Texas Tower radar station (Bengali, Dacca)

A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca headed 'Sea Sentinel' about a U.S. Air Force radar and weather station on a tower platform in the Atlantic, about 110 miles off the northeast coast. Photographs show airmen at radio, radar and observation posts and a helicopter on the platform. The tell is plain-folks: named ordinary sergeants and airmen at work present the air-defence system as routine, skilled labour.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folksCard stacking

Date

April 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

War and the military, Security and surveillance, Science and technology

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, April 23, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948797, 306-PPB-34e).

চিত্র কথা

সাগর প্রহরী

Issue No. 8.  Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press.
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.

Chitra Katha (Pictorial Story)

Sea sentinel

Issue No. 8.  Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press.
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.