Hungary's Fight for Freedom, 111d: Racing Toward Freedom! (Chinese-English poster distributed in Manila)
A blue poster headed 'Hungary's Fight for Freedom' with a photograph of a column of civilians walking along a country road, a man pushing a bicycle with children on it and a woman carrying a bundle. Large Chinese characters say the people behind the Iron Curtain flee to freedom; the English caption reads 'Racing Toward Freedom!'. The tell is glittering generalities: 'freedom' frames the flight, and the walking crowd implies many are joining it.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- February 26, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Philippine Chinese Anti-Communist League; U.S. Information Agency, 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Migration
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, February 26, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948978, 306-PPB-111d).
Text on the object
HUNGARY'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM • 支援匈牙利人民為自由而戰 • 鐵幕人民 投奔自由 Racing Toward Freedom! 菲律濱華僑反共抗俄總會 PHILIPPINE CHINESE ANTI-COMMUNIST LEAGUE
Hungary's Fight for Freedom. Support the Hungarian people fighting for freedom. People behind the Iron Curtain flee to freedom. Racing Toward Freedom! Philippine Chinese Anti-Communist and Anti-Russian General League.
Large display characters read in columns from right to left, top to bottom.
