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title: 'Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 9: Federation Armoured Corps vehicles in the Coronation parade, Kuala Lumpur (English photo poster distributed in Malaya)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/malaya-today-set-d-9-coronation-parade-kuala-lumpur-english-1953/
description: A photograph of armoured cars passing a saluting base in Kuala Lumpur, with a decorated arch topped by a crown and reading 'LONG LIVE THE QUEEN'.
section: Collection
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# Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 9: Federation Armoured Corps vehicles in the Coronation parade, Kuala Lumpur (English photo poster distributed in Malaya)

A photograph of armoured cars passing a saluting base in Kuala Lumpur, with a decorated arch topped by a crown and reading 'LONG LIVE THE QUEEN'. Officials in white uniforms and seated spectators stand under bunting beside an ornate government building. The caption names the Federation Armoured Corps in the Coronation parade. The tell is transfer: the monarch's coronation and the arch are paired with the armed forces' vehicles.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MALAYA TODAY  PICTURE SET "D"  FEDERATION ARMED FORCES

FEDERATION ARMOURED CORPS VEHICLES PASSING THE SALUTING BASE IN THE CORONATION PARADE IN K. LUMPUR

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

[9]
```

Text on the arch and the vehicle name 'LE CATEAU' and plate numbers are within the photograph; the arch cipher is partly legible.

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