Scouting for Peace and Progress poster (English poster distributed in Manila)
A red, black and grey collage of a scout in a wide-brimmed hat with a raised arm and chest made of photographs of scouts at camp, dancing, singing and parading, beside a badge for the 10th World Jamboree, Philippines 1959. The headline says scouting is for peace and progress and the caption says it produces men of sound character destined to chart tomorrow's world. The tell is glittering-generalities: peace, progress and character are asserted with no further claim.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1959
- 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
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Home front
- 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, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949083, 306-PPB-176).
Text on the object
SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME 8 No 6 JUNE 1959 SCOUTING FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS scouting produces men of sound character who are destined to chart tomorrow's world 10th WORLD JAMBOREE PHILIPPINES 1959 MONDIALE BOY SCOUTS BE PREPARED PHILIPPINES HQ
Small captions inside the photographs are partly legible and only those listed are transcribed.
