Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-30
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-30
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. Ministry of Transport (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. Press and Publicity Branch (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Shipping (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (Contributor), Reith, John Charles Walsham Reith, Baron, 1889-1971 (Contributor), and British Broadcasting Corporation (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-1-30
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, Traffic--Speed limits, Shipping--losses, Shipping--Contraband, Timber--Controls, National Service of Intercession--Finland--St. Paul's Cathedral, Military personnel--Honors, Agriculture--Cultivation, Pigs--Feed, Agriculture--Farm equipment, Potato--Prices, Oats--Prices, Empire Air Scheme--Canada--Mineral resources, Hospital ships--British Community of Buenos Aires, Shipping--German ships--Losses, Fish--Supply--Canada, Aircraft--Landing Skis--National Research Council of Canada, Royal Air Force--Honors, Ships--Purchases--Charles Arnell, Nazi air attacks--British east coast, Military personnel--Casualties--Details, Canadian Pacific Railway--Sir Edward Beatty, Iron and Steel--Controls, War correspondents--France--Sir John Reith, French Chamber of Deputies--Canadian troops, British Expeditionary Force--Leave restrictions, and South Africa--Political divisions
Place Name:
Great Britain, Finland, Canada, Argentina, France, and South Africa