Pictures in the News poster, No. 5 (English, Beirut)
An English fold-out photo sheet with six captioned news photographs: U.S. grain airlifted to famine areas of Somalia, a Nigerian Ibo dictionary project, American students singing with Nigerian children, a White House party for orphans, African ambassadors at the UN and students rebuilding a Mississippi church burned after a civil rights rally. The tell is card-stacking: the stories are selected as goodwill and aid, and the White House setting transfers presidential standing to them.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 12, 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series (RSC Beirut)
- 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
- Economy and finance, Race and ethnicity
- 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 12, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949200, 306-PPB-276).
Text on the object
PICTURES IN THE NEWS Grain Rushed to Somalia An emergency shipment of United States grain to help relieve famine in drought-stricken areas of the Somali Republic is unloaded at Mogadiscio Airport. The food was flown in by the United States in response to an appeal from the Somali government. About 100 tons have been airlifted, and the remaining 6,900 tons will arrive by cargo ship. BELOW - A Somali citizen examines the grain, which is being distributed among 700,000 Somali citizens in the famine areas. NEW DICTIONARY BEING PRODUCED Professor Robert Armstrong, an American who is preparing an Ibo/English dictionary, guides Felicia Ekejuiba in the use of a palatograph machine at Ibadan University. As Miss Ekejiba, a student, pronounces Ibo words, the machine records the motion of her palate and tongue. UNDERSTANDING THROUGH MUSIC Nigerian children and American college students are amused by their attempts to sing each other's folksongs. The students are from Operation Crossroads Africa, a U.S. organization which encourages friendly exchange with African nations. PRESIDENT PLAYS HOST AT PARTY President Johnson and his family recently held a party at the White House in Washington for 150 orphans. The daughters of the President played games with the children. AFRICA HAS 35 NATIONS IN UN Three African spokesmen at the United Nations exchange views prior to a General Assembly session. They are Ambassadors Marof (Guinea), El-Kony (United Arab Republic), and Adebo (Nigeria). Africa now has more nations in the U.N. than other areas of the world. COLLEGE STUDENTS REBUILD A CHURCH Students and teachers of several American colleges spent their Christmas vacation as volunteer workers rebuilding a Baptist church in Mississippi. The church was burned after a rally for Negro rights had been held there. LEFT PHOTO: Students lay the foundation for the rebuilt church. RIGHT PHOTO: On Christmas Day, Reverend Roy McDonald conducts the first service in the partially-completed church. 65-P-94
Printed text reproduced as set; the code at lower right is handwritten and read as 65-P-94.
