Survival in Space poster, Tamil edition (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)

A two-page photo spread in Tamil on United States research into human survival in space. Photographs show Air Force volunteers in a simulated 'space cabin', a pressure suit, a sealed balloon capsule, a centrifuge and a kitten floating in weightlessness. The text says American scientists are preparing for spaceflight. The tell is transfer: the prestige of science and of the Air Force programme is attached to the United States.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

Date

June 3, 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

Warn or inform

Themes

Science and technology, War and the military

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, June 3, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949101, 306-PPB-194).

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புறவெளிப் பிரயாணத்திலுள்ள பல்வேறு இடுக்கண்களுக்கும் மனிதன் ஈடு கொடுக்க முடியுமா?
விடை காண்பதற்கு விஞ்ஞானிகளும் வைத்தியர்களும் முயன்று கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள்...
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Living in outer space (headline as read). Can man withstand the various hardships of outer-space travel? Scientists and doctors are trying to find the answer. The body text is the Tamil version of the English captions on the English edition (NAID 6949103).