Let's Speak English TV poster, 1964 US poster: A Thai-language announcement of a television English-teaching series

Let's Speak English TV poster (Thai, Bangkok)

A Thai-language announcement of a television English-teaching series. A rounded television-screen shape holds the title 'Let's Speak English' with a small line figure of a man pointing a long stick at the letters. The text names the American Information Service as presenter, the host 'Dr. Chala', a start date and broadcast times, and says textbooks are sold in bookshops. The tell is testimonial: a named, titled host vouches for the programme.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Testimonial

Date: July 20, 1964
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: Warn or inform
Themes: Media and information, Science and technology
Event: Cold War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
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, July 20, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949302, 306-PPB-376).

Text on the object

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

สำนักข่าวสารอเมริกัน
เสนอ
รายการโทรทัศน์

LET'S SPEAK ENGLISH
กับ
ดร.เฉลา
ตอนต่อของ LET'S LEARN ENGLISH

เริ่ม 27 กรกฎาคม 2507
ทุก { จันทร์ พุธ เวลา 17.30 น.
      เสาร์ เวลา 8.30 น.

. ตำราคู่มือมีขายตามร้านหนังสือทั่วไป .

พิมพ์ที่ ร.พ.นครช่าง ถนนเสือป่า พระนคร นายฉลองชัย สาตะชานันทน์ ผู้พิมพ์โฆษณา โทร. 27751

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

The American Information Service presents a television programme

LET'S SPEAK ENGLISH
with Dr. Chala
Sequel to LET'S LEARN ENGLISH

Starting 27 July 2507 [1964]
Every Monday and Wednesday at 17.30; Saturday at 8.30

Textbooks are on sale at bookshops generally.

Printed at Nakhon Chang Press, Suea Pa Road, Phra Nakhon; Mr. Chalongchai Sata-chanan, printer-publisher. Tel. 27751

The Thai imprint line is small and may be misread in places; the weekday and time layout is a bracketed list on the sheet.