Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-23
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-23
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. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Press Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Food (Contributor), British Broadcasting Corporation (Contributor), and Great Britain. Foreign Office. News Department (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-1-23
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, Royal Air Force--Communications, Shipping--Losses--Enemy action, Naval battles--Graf Spee--Prisoners of war, Agriculture--Sugar beets, Agriculture--Women's Land Army, Agriculture--Animal feed, Agriculture--Poultry, Agriculture--Livestock--Sales, Agriculture--Seed grain, Nazi U-boats--Neutral countries--Shipping losses, Ministry of Information--News--reels, Chambers of Commerce--Contracts, Chancellor of the Exchequer--Pensions, Ministry of Information--Director of Broadcasting Relations--R.E.L. Wellington, Japanese- Canadians--Contributions, Royal Navy--Casualties--Registers, Northern Ireland--Linen--Substitutes, Food--Shopping--Hours, Nazi propaganda--W.A. Sinclair, Naval losses--S.S. Inverdargale--Trinidad seamen, Swiss Government- Guiseppe Motta- Condolences, Canadian Army--Bibles, Canada--Military units--Parades, and Foreign press--News articles
Place Name:
Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Trinidad, and Switzerland