News Review, 'News in Pictures' spread, July 29, 1954 (English-language page distributed in Beirut)
A two-page photo spread headed 'News in Pictures' from a news review. Photographs show veterans on the U.S. Capitol steps, the U.S. ambassador finishing a camel race in Ankara, an Iraqi general receiving the U.S. Legion of Merit, a tennis champion at Wimbledon and voters in the Gold Coast election. The tell is selection and association: items on U.S. relations with Near Eastern and other states are placed beside sport and election pictures.
Propaganda techniques used in this newspaper page
- Date
- July 28, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- News Review; U.S. Information Agency (USIA), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Media and information, War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, July 28, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948740, 306-PPB-13a).
Text on the object
NEWS IN PICTURES NEAR EASTERN, South Asian and African delegates were among the war veterans from 22 countries attending the World Veterans Federation Council in Washington. The veterans, 18,000,000 strong, seek to strengthen bonds of friendship among nations. CAMEL RIDING American Ambassador Avra M. Warren finishes camel race in Ankara. The race was a feature of the U.S. Independence Day celebration in Turkey, attended by 3,000 Americans and their Turkish guests. IRAQI CHIEF OF STAFF Muhammed Rafiq Arif is awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, in Washington. The award recognized Major General Arif's "meritorious service in strengthening relationships between Iraq and the United States." LADIES SINGLES CHAMPION Maureen Connolly from the United States defends her tennis championship, at Wimbledon in a match with Louise Brough. FIRST ALL-AFRICAN Legislative Assembly was elected by men and women voters of the British West African colony of the Gold Coast last month. With 1,200,000 persons voting, the election marked a final step in the orderly evolution of the Gold Coast through home rule to complete independence and dominion status within the British Commonwealth of Nations. At left, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Gold Coast Prime Minister, addresses a pre-election rally of 10,000 voters. Below, voters stand in line at an Accra polling station to cast their ballot in the general election. A woman carries her baby to the polling booth, receives her ballot which she will mark and cast in secret. News Review July 29, 1954 (pages 8 and 9)
Captions only; reverse-side text showing through the paper is not transcribed. Handwritten marks 'Front' and 'Back' appear in the margins.
