သူတို့၏ လွတ်လပ်မှုသည် အဘိုးတန်၏ (Their freedom is precious) (Burmese poster distributed in Burma)
Five Burmese children play marbles and with a hoop in front of a pale blue shadow of a lattice tower with figures on it. A two-line caption states that their freedom is precious and calls on viewers to preserve and defend it. The tell is glittering-generalities: the abstract value 'freedom' is attached to an image of children at play, and the poster does not say what threatens it.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 31, 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia 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
- Themes
- Security and surveillance, Home front
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia (NAID 1767935), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 31 March 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730049, 306-PPA-148).
Text on the object
သူတို့၏ လွတ်လပ်မှုသည် အဘိုးတန်၏။ ထိန်းသိမ်းကာကွယ် ကြလော့။
Their freedom is precious. Let us preserve and defend it.
Literal rendering; the final verb is an exhortation form.
