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title: Kennedy film poster, Arabic-English version (distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kennedy-years-of-lightning-poster-arabic-english-beirut-1964/
description: A colour portrait of President John F. Kennedy at a desk before a flag and curtain, with two black-and-white photographs below. (1 of 4)
section: Collection
---

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# Kennedy film poster, Arabic-English version (distributed in Beirut)

A colour portrait of President John F. Kennedy at a desk before a flag and curtain, with two black-and-white photographs below: Kennedy speaking at a lectern before a hall hung with many national flags, and Kennedy holding a small child beside Jacqueline Kennedy. The sheet gives the film title and credits in Arabic and in English. The tell is transfer and testimonial: the president's portrait and ceremonial images, and a well-known actor's name as commentator, lend prestige to the film.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic and English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
جون ف. كنيدي
"سنوات البرق
يوم الحزن"
فيلم موضوعي كامل
ملون

"JOHN F. KENNEDY
...YEARS OF LIGHTNING,
DAY OF DRUMS"

FULL LENGTH FEATURE FILM
IN COLOR

Commentary By Gregory Peck
Produced By George Stevens Jr.

تعليق : جريجوري بك   اخراج : جورج ستيفنز الابن
```

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

```
"John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Grief" / full-length thematic film, in colour / (English text as above) / Commentary: Gregory Peck; Direction: George Stevens Jr.
```

The Arabic 'ikhraj' (direction) is printed where the English says 'Produced By'.

[← Women's Volunteer Corps (Grey Ladies) poster, No. 354 (Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vietnamese-grey-ladies-women-volunteers-1964/) [Kennedy film poster, English version (distributed in Beirut) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kennedy-years-of-lightning-poster-english-beirut-1964/)

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