Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-18
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-18
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. Admiralty (Contributor), Great Britain. Treasury (Contributor), Wood, Kingsley, 1881-1943 (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Education (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (Contributor), Great Britain. Colonial Office. Press Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty. Naval Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Health (Contributor), MacDonald, Malcolm, 1901-1981 (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office. Military Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Gort, John Standish Surtrees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount, 1886-1946 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (Contributor), Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 (Contributor), Great Britain. Prime Minister (1940-1945 : Churchill) (Contributor), Great Britain. Post Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production (Contributor), Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964 (Contributor), Cooper, Duff, Viscount Norwich, 1890-1954 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service (Contributor), Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951 (Contributor), Great Britain. Home Office (Contributor), Waverley, John Anderson, Viscount Westdean, 1883?-1958 (Contributor), Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 (Contributor), and Great Britain. Dominions Office. Press Section (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-6-18
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, Emergency hospitals--Nursing Staffing, Empire Air Training Scheme--Canada, Home Office--Highway directional signs, Shipping--Losses, War Savings Campaign--Sir Kingsley Wood, Schools--Re-opening, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Germany, South Africa--Troop mobilization, South Africa--National unity, Royal Navy--Convoy escorts, Prisoners of War--German--Registers, Royal Air Force--Military honors, Canadian forces--Operations, Munitions--Factories--Schedules, World War, 1939-1945--Commentary--Winston Churchill, Post office--Service Curtailments, Aircraft production--Ford Motor Company, World War, 1939-1945--Commentary--A. Duff Cooper, Labor--Dock workers, and World War, 1939-1945--Commentary--Gen. Charles de Gaulle
Place Name:
Great Britain, Canada, South Africa, Germany, USA, and France