Kennedy film poster, French-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 French above the same 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
- Date
- March 13, 1965
- 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
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters 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, March 13, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949182, 306-PPB-258).
Text on the object
"JOHN F. KENNEDY ...ANNEES FULGURANTES, JOUR DE DEUIL" LONG METRAGE EN COULEURS Commentateur : Gregory Peck Producteur : George Stevens Jr. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "JOHN F. KENNEDY ...YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS" FULL LENGTH FEATURE FILM IN COLOR Commentary By Gregory Peck Produced By George Stevens Jr.
"JOHN F. KENNEDY ... DAZZLING YEARS, DAY OF MOURNING" / FEATURE-LENGTH FILM IN COLOURS / Commentator: Gregory Peck / Producer: George Stevens Jr. (the English text repeats the same information)
