Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-05-21
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-05-21
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. Ministry of Shipping (contributor), Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force (contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Health (contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (contributor), Great Britain. Treasury (contributor), Great Britain. Board of Education (contributor), Great Britain. Dominions Office (contributor), Great Britain. Colonial Office (contributor), Great Britain. War Office (contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (contributor), Great Britain. Foreign Office. News Department (contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (contributor), Cooper, Duff, Viscount Norwich, 1890-1954 (contributor), and France. Armée. Grand quartier général (contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-5-21
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, National Union of Seamen--Ronald Cross, British Expeditionary Force--Operations--Belgium, Shipping--Losses, Barrage Balloon--Recruitment, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Norway, Civil Nursing Reserve, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Netherlands, Fish--Imports--Duties, Children-- Evacuation, Royal Navy--Losses--H.M.S. Effingham, National Youth Committee--Kenneth Lindsay, Royal Navy--Losses--H.M.S. Princess Victoria, West Indies--Agriculture--Inspector--General--A.J. Wakefield, Anglo-Italian Joint Standing Committee--Wilfrid Greene, Secretary of State for Colonies--Medical Adviser--Sir William Jameson, Aircraft production--Workers--Schedules, National Registration Identity Card--Instructions, and World War, 1939-1945--Commentary--A. Duff Cooper
Place Name:
Great Britain, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, France, and West indies