Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-17
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-17
Description:
From the UK National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/inf3.htm “Formed on September 4th 1939, the day after Britain’s declaration of war, the Ministry of Information (MOI) was the central government department responsible for publicity and propaganda in the Second World War. The initial functions of the MOI were threefold: news and press censorship; home publicity; and oversees publicity in Allied and neutral countries”. This collection contains Press Notices and Bulletins published by the MOI between 1939-1945. The Press Notices and Bulletins are among many publications and films issued by the agency during the war.
Creator/Contributor:
Great Britain. Ministry of Information. (Creator), France. Armée. Grand quartier général (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Education (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare. Press Section (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Food (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Trade. Import Licensing Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Treasury (Contributor), Meston, James Scorgie Meston, Baron, 1865-1943 (Contributor), British Broadcasting Corporation (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (Contributor), Anglo-French Solidarity Committee (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Press Office (Contributor), and Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-1-17
Owning Repository:
University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
World War, 1939-1945--History, World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects, World War, 1939-1945, Great Britain, Relocation--Children, Shipping--Seizures--Contraband, Red Cross--Donations--Canada, African troops--Training, Agriculture--Wages, Wheat Commission--Payments, Royal Navy--Casualties--Registers, Mail--Neutral countries--Regulations, Bacon--Imports--Restrictions, Meat and Livestock Scheme--Fat drippings, Treasury--Financial transactions--Czechoslovakia, Royal Engineers--Appointments, World War, 1939-1945--Post--war planning--Lord Meston, Pigs--Foot-and-Mouth disease--Kent, War finance--Loans, Empire Air Training Scheme--Canada, Federation of Manufacturers and Producers of Great Britain--Smaller firms, Central Flying School--South Africa, Royal Navy--Contributions, United Association of Great Britain and France--Contributions, Forestry workers--Newfoundland, British Expeditionary Force--Available leave, Bacon--Availability, Grenada--Tributes, Royal Air Force--Leave availability, World War, 1939-1945--U.S.A., Oil--Shortages--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Neutral countries--Norway, World War, 1939-1945--Neutral countries--Sweden, and World War, 1939-1945--Neutral countries--Switzerland
Place Name:
Great Britain, Canada, Rhodesia, Czechoslovakia, South Africa, and Germany