Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 2: Soldiers of Malaya who went to England for the Coronation (English photo poster distributed in Malaya)
Malayan soldiers in white uniforms stand in formation on a parade ground, three regimental colours held upright among them. The caption says they are men of the Federation Regiment, the Malay Regiment and the Armoured Corps who went to England for the Coronation. The tell is transfer: association with the royal Coronation is used to confer prestige on the Federation's forces.
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 5729994, 306-PPA-93).
Text on the object
MALAYA TODAY PICTURE SET "D" FEDERATION ARMED FORCES SOLDIERS OF MALAYA WHO WENT TO ENGLAND FOR THE CORONATION, INCLUDING MEN OF THE FEDERATION REGIMENT, THE MALAY REGIMENT AND THE ARMOURED CORPS [2]
Sheet number appears in a circle at lower right.
