Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1944-04-29
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1944-04-29
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), Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (Contributor), Morrison, Herbert, 1888-1965 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Health (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty. Naval Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. Home Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power (Contributor), Allied Forces. Southeast Asia Command (Contributor), Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre, 1884-1981 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Food (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), and Mediterranean Allied Force Advance Headquarters (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1944-04-29
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, Air warfare--Personal narratives, Fighter pilots, Civil Defense Welfare Fund, Military nurses--Service awards, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Ships used as floating cafeterias, Exe (Frigate), Anti-submarine warfare--Personal narratives, National unity and war, Morrison, Herbert, 1888-1965, Post-war planning, Great Britain--Economic conditions, Shipbuilding industry--Australia, Military decorations, Aerial bombing, Aerial operation, British, Lancaster (Bomber), Tirpitz (Battleship), Aerial reconnaissance, British, Coal output, Merchant mariners--Salaries, etc., Fish supply to caterers, Ration books, Binoculars and telescopes--Regulation, Submarine warfare, Naval operations--British, Syrtis (Submarine), Shipwrecks, Antiaircraft artillery operations, Battle of Anzio, and Dive bombers
Place Name:
Great Britain, Australia, Oslo (Norway), Russia, France, Kohima (India), Burma, and Italy