Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 1: The Malay Regiment on parade in Kuala Lumpur (Malay-language Jawi-script photo poster distributed in Malaya)
A photograph of rows of Malay soldiers in white tunics, dark sarong-style sashes and black caps marching with fixed bayonets across a parade ground, with officers walking alongside and a domed, clock-towered Moorish-style government building behind. The Jawi caption says Malay soldiers are carrying out a parade ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. The tell is transfer: the ceremonial dress and the civic landmark attach tradition and state dignity to the army.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 3, 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Empire and colonialism
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, September 3, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730013, 306-PPA-112).
Text on the object
تانه ملايو هاري اين كمفولن كمبر "دي" ڤاسوقن٢ برسنجات ڤرسكتوان عسكر ملايو سدڠ منجالنكن استعادت بريارس دكوالا لمڤور. [1]
Tanah Melayu Hari Ini [Malaya Today] Picture Set "D" Armed forces of the Federation Malay soldiers carrying out a parade ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. [1]
Jawi text read from the image; the header's three blocks are read right to left. Romanised rendering of the header and caption (Tanah Melayu Hari Ini; Kumpulan Gambar 'D'; Pasukan-pasukan Bersenjata Persekutuan; Askar Melayu sedang menjalankan istiadat berpareis di Kuala Lumpur) is an editorial gloss; some letter forms are uncertain.
