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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)


"Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Nations"
The Big Picture Television Program Series, ca. 1950-1975.
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration (USA)
28 mins
(ARC) Identifier 2569671


The Big Picture was a weekly television series produced by the United States Army that ran from 1950 to 1975. This special episode focused on the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and was a piece of US propaganda that articulated the importance of the security pact in keeping Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines safe from communists. The video contextualizes the post-war regional landscape and references the Korean War (1950-1955) as informing the formation of SEATO.


Reproduction of “The Life of Arts”
Free World XIII, no. 11: 24–8.
Free Asia Press
Manila
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration (USA)

Creative America
 1962
The Ridge Press, Inc.
New York


This article published in Free World, a magazine by the United States Information Service in Manila brings together illustrations of art works from the 10th Anniversary Exhibition held in Manila that was organized by the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal.

Presented alongside is text attributed to President John F. Kennedy and excerpted from Creative America. This unique assemblage of text and image undertaken in the Philippines speaks to the nature of SEATO being perceived as an extension of the US’ Free World sphere of influence.

A copy of Creative America (1962), the book that was published for the National Cultural Center in Washington DC and which endeavored to capture the creative spirit of the USA is presented alongside.