On 2 March 1960, Thailand’s King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit travelled to Burma (modern-day Myanmar) for a state visit. Nearly two centuries since Burmese armies had destroyed the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, historic competition between the two polities was now imbued with contemporary significance. Burma was a post-colonial nation, a vanguard neutralist power in the Cold War, and a proponent of socialism domestically. Thailand, conversely, was aligned with the United States and committed to American-informed capitalist development, underpinned by a conservative royalist ideology. This chapter focuses on how a public relations film of the event, prepared strictly for Thai audiences, imposed new meanings onto the diplomatic exchange, casting the young monarch as a world-conquering king in the Thai-Buddhist tradition. Through careful editing, potentially awkward moments of Thai subservience were transformed into acts of royal conquest; crowded streets were used to signal Burmese devotion to a foreign king; and moments of small talk were elevated to moments of victory on the world stage. Overall, the film formed part of an ever-widening Thai campaign, aimed at securing the legitimacy of the royal couple by presenting them as both traditional Buddhist leaders and as modern Asian icons linked to the ‘Free World’.