Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 7: Singing and dancing in the canteen (Chinese photo poster distributed in Malaya)
A crowded photograph of smiling soldiers in uniform gathered round a man dancing in the centre, some clapping. The Chinese caption says singing and dancing are held in the canteen. The sheet argues nothing beyond showing off-duty life. The tell is plain-folks: the forces are shown as a cheerful, mixed company at ease.
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 5730029, 306-PPA-128).
Text on the object
今日之馬來亞 畫片'D'套 聯合邦武裝部隊 在食堂內舉行歌唱及舞蹈. [7]
Today's Malaya Picture Set 'D' Federation Armed Forces Singing and dancing are held in the canteen. [7]
Header reads 'Today's Malaya, Picture Set D, Federation Armed Forces'.
