Kennedy, Years of Lightning poster (English, Manila)
An English poster for the documentary film on John F. Kennedy: a colour profile portrait beside a flag, and five black-and-white photographs of an inauguration, a crowd greeting, a family scene, a funeral procession and a grave. The credits name the writer-director, producer and narrator. The tell is transfer, with testimonial in the credited commentary: the late President's standing is attached to the film and to the U.S. that made it.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- February 8, 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, February 8, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949262, 306-PPB-337).
Text on the object
JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING DAY OF DRUMS WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN PRODUCED BY GEORGE STEVENS, JR. COMMENTARY BY GREGORY PECK 5-679 (24)
Small imprint at lower edge is only partly legible; code shown is the best reading.
