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title: Sports in the USA poster, Series No. 15 (English poster distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sports-in-the-usa-no-15-manila-1958/
description: 'A photo-montage poster on American sports: basketball, boxing, track and field, baseball, horse racing, swimming, javelin and tennis.'
section: Collection
---

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# Sports in the USA poster, Series No. 15 (English poster distributed in Manila)

A photo-montage poster on American sports: basketball, boxing, track and field, baseball, horse racing, swimming, javelin and tennis, with green drawings of basketball players. The text says the spirit of fair play abounds in sports popular among Filipinos as well as Americans. The tell is glittering generalities ('the spirit of fair play'), joined to a shared-pastime appeal that presents the two countries as having sport in common.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME 8 No. 1 JANUARY 1959
SPORTS in the USA
THE SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY ABOUNDS IN A VARIETY OF SPORTS POPULAR AMONG FILIPINOS AS WELL AS AMERICANS.
BASKETBALL
BOXING
TRACK AND FIELD
BASEBALL
HORSE RACING
SWIMMING
JAVELIN THROW
TENNIS
```

[← Joy to the World poster (14): Christmas in America and the Philippines (English-Tagalog, Manila)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/joy-to-the-world-poster-14-christmas-manila-1958/) [Lá phiếu là viên đạn đồng (The Ballot Is a Bronze Bullet), National Assembly election flyer, 30 August 1959 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-phieu-la-vien-dan-dong-1959/)

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