Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 2: Soldiers of the Federation Regiment, Malay Regiment and Armoured Corps bound for the Coronation (Chinese photo poster distributed in Malaya)
A group of soldiers in white uniforms stand in ranks on a parade ground with three regimental colours. The Chinese caption says the soldiers going to England for the Coronation ceremony include the Federation Regiment, the Malay Regiment and the armoured car units. The tell is transfer: the Coronation, a prestigious imperial occasion, is attached to the forces of the Federation.
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
- Reassure
- 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 (NAID 1767935), 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 5730024, 306-PPA-123).
Text on the object
今日之馬來亞 畫片'D'套 聯合邦武裝部隊 前往英倫參加加冕典禮的兵士,包括有聯合邦軍團,馬來軍團,及裝甲車部隊. [2]
Today's Malaya Picture Set 'D' Federation Armed Forces The soldiers going to England to take part in the Coronation ceremony include the Federation Regiment, the Malay Regiment, and the Armoured Car units. [2]
Header reads 'Today's Malaya, Picture Set D, Federation Armed Forces'.
