Caption from similar photo in Xi xing man ying: The Living Newspaper dramatization of Eisenhower's landing in France. The stands on the deck of a human 'battleship' in the foreground, two men with raised arms represent the prow of the ship.
The Living Newspaper is a series of plays produced to communicate current news to the people in the communist region. Similar photograph published in Harrison Forman's book Report from Red China.
Source of Descriptive Information
Forman, H. (1946). Xi xing man ying. Shanghai: Shanghai shu bao gong si.; Forman, H. (1946). Report from Red China. London: Robert Hale Limited.