Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 9: Armoured cars at the coronation-day parade in Kuala Lumpur (Malay Jawi-script photo poster distributed in Malaya)
A photograph of armoured cars passing a draped stand and a decorated arch in Kuala Lumpur, the arch bearing a crown, a royal cipher and the English words 'LONG LIVE THE QUEEN'. The Jawi-script Malay caption says armoured cars of the Federation forces pass the saluting point during the coronation-day parade. The tell is transfer: the Crown's ceremony and prestige are attached to 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 (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 5730021, 306-PPA-120).
Text on the object
تانه ملايو هاري اين كمفولن كمبر "دي" ڤاسوقكن٢ برسنجات ڤرسكتوان كريتا٢ ڤاسوقكن برڤريسي ڤرسكتوان سدڠ لالو دهدڤن ڤڠݢوڠ تمڤت ممبري حرمة ڤد ماس منجالنكن استعادة برڤاريس هاري كمهكوتاءن د كوالا لومڤور [9]
Malaya Today Picture Set "D" Armed forces of the Federation Armoured cars of the Federation armed forces passing in front of the stand where respects were paid, at the time of the coronation-day ceremonial parade in Kuala Lumpur. [9]
Jawi script, read from the image; header reads 'Malaya Today, Picture Set "D", Armed forces of the Federation'. Jawi read from the image; several words in the second line are uncertain and the English follows the sense of the sentence. Text inside the photograph, in English: 'LONG LIVE THE QUEEN' on the arch; 'LE CATEAU' and '42 ZS 39' on the leading vehicle.
