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title: Lao Police School poster 146, photo set (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-police-school-poster-146-photo-set-lao-vientiane-1959/
description: 'A red Lao-language sheet with a headline, a block of text and six numbered black-and-white photographs of police trainees: physical drill, a parade.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Lao Police School poster 146, photo set, 1959 US poster: A red Lao-language sheet with a headline, a block of text and six](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lao-police-school-poster-146-photo-set-lao-vientiane-1959.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lao-police-school-poster-146-photo-set-lao-vientiane-1959.jpg)

# Lao Police School poster 146, photo set (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A red Lao-language sheet with a headline, a block of text and six numbered black-and-white photographs of police trainees: physical drill, a parade, the entrance gate of the police training school, a flag ceremony, a mess hall and a classroom. The text describes police training. The tell is glittering-generalities in the headline about the people's well-being, with transfer: the flag, uniforms and ordered ranks give the police the look of national institutions.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Lao) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ເພື່ອຄວາມຜາສຸກ
ຂອງປະຊາຊົນ

[Body paragraphs and six numbered photograph captions in Lao: not reliably legible at scan resolution; [illegible]]

Photo 3 gate sign: ໂຮງຮຽນຮັບຣັບຕຳຫຼວດ / CENTRE D'INSTRUCTION DE LA POLICE / POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL
```

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

```
For the happiness [well-being] of the people. [Body text: describes training of police, including a course for several hundred recruits; not reliably legible.] Gate sign: Centre of Police Instruction / Police Training School.
```

Headline and gate sign read; body paragraphs and photo captions are too small and stylised to transcribe reliably and are marked [illegible].

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