Pictures in the News poster, No. 6 (English poster distributed in Beirut)
A two-page news sheet in English carrying photographs with captions: African journalists at the New York Times, women delegates at the UN, a television interview about emerging African states, and Tunisian and U.S. Army engineers replacing a flood-destroyed rail bridge. The tell is transfer: the standing of the Times, the UN and a joint engineering job is attached to the U.S. as host and partner, in captions that are selected and presented as news.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 25, 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Media and information, Science and technology, Gender and suffrage
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 25, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949192, 306-PPB-268).
Text on the object
PICTURES IN THE NEWS JOURNALISTS VISIT U.S. NEWSPAPER Reporters and editors from 20 African countries visited the New York Times recently to observe operation of a metropolitan newspaper in the United States. The visitors are seen here exchanging ideas on news reporting with Times editor John B. Oakes. During their cross-country tour of the U.S. the African journalists attended the inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Hassan Alaoui, Morocco; Adan Yussuf Hassan, Somali Republic; Job-Rene Ngapeth, Federal Republic of Cameroun; Aston S. King, Liberia; Tesfaye Kabtihimer, Ethiopia; Emmanuel Omoloye Olafin, Nigeria; Mathews Chijere Ndovi, Malawi; Albert Goma-Ganga, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville); Peter Madupe Ayeni, Nigeria; John Kayamba, Zambia; Pascal Ngoma, Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville); Oakes; Rene Ewagnignon, Republic of Dahomey; Henri Koba, Central African Republic; Polycarpe Johnson, Republic of Togo; Gaby Rabesahala, Malagasy Republic; Youssef Ferhi, Republic of Algeria; Okenwa A. Ijoma, Nigeria; Emmanuel Katty, Republic of Guinea; Michel Ras, interpreter; Djamaleddine Bensaad, Republic of Algeria; and Alhaji Saka Aleshinloye, Nigeria. Others, not shown, who made the trip to the U.S. were Raphael Mpanu-Mpanu, Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville); Edo Kouame, Republic of Ivory Coast; Abdurrahman Khalifa Shater, Kingdom of Libya; Patrick C. Patnelli, Sierra Leone; and Pierre-Claver Tassembedo, Republic of Upper Volta. Ladies Listen, Serve at UN Each year women in greater numbers are appointed as delegates to the United Nations. The ladies are capable - as well as attractive - representatives of their countries. PHOTO ABOVE - Mrs. Regine Gbedey, Togo. ABOVE - Miss Nancy Kajumbula, Uganda. BELOW - Mrs. Halima Warzazi, Morocco. Television Show Stars Africans Former Ethiopian Attorney General Bereket Ab Habte Selassie (second from left) and Senegalese writer Jean Pierre N'Diaye (second from right) were interviewed in Los Angeles, California, on a television show entitled "The Real Story Behind the Emerging African Nations." Camera at left shows how program appeared on television screen. Tunisian and U.S. Engineers Replace Vital Rail Bridge Working together, engineers of Tunisia and the United States Army quickly erected a temporary railroad bridge at Khledia. A flood destroyed the old one. The speedy reconstruction enabled the Tunisian railroad to resume hauling iron ore - an important export - to La Goulette. Loss of the rail line would have been a damaging blow to the country's economy. The new span will serve until a permanent bridge is built. 65-109 (16)
Small captions were read at reduced resolution; some personal-name spellings may differ slightly from the printed sheet.
