Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins: 1939-09-09
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins: 1939-09-09
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 Economic Warfare (Contributor), Great Britain. Sovereign (1936-1952 : George VI) (Contributor), George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 (Contributor), Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940 (Coontributor), Great Britain. Prime Minister (1937-1940 : Chamberlain) (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Education (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Health (Contributor), London Transport (Contributor), Great Britain. Milk Marketing Board (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Food (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Trade (Contributor), and Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1939-09-09
Owning Repository:
University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
World War, 1939-1945, Bombing and gunnery ranges, Beck, Józef, 1894-1944, Photographs--Censorship, Postal service--Censorship, Postcards--Censorship, Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940, Civil defense volunteers, Leaflets dropped from aircraft, Contraband of war--Management, Prize courts, Beneš, Edvard, 1884-1948, Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations, Germany--Foreign relations, School closures, Technical institutes, Feeds--Prices--Government policy, Great Britain. Wheat Commission, Wheat Commission--Payments, Livestock--Prices--Government policy, Meat industry and trade, Meat--Prices--Government policy, Potatoes--Prices--Government policy, Sugar--Prices--Government policy, Sugar trade, Polish Loan Agreement, Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare, Great Britain. Women’s Auxiliary Air Force--Recruiting, enlistment, etc., Great Britain. Women’s Auxiliary Air Force--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Directories, Great Britain. Women’s Auxiliary Air Force--Pay, allowances, etc., Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, Housing authorities, Merchant ships, Motion pictures--Production and direction, Thetis, Neutrality, Pilsudski, Marshall, Poland--History, Military, British, Propaganda, German, Aerial reconnaissance, Airspace--Belgian, Sławek, Walery Jan, Local transit, Subways, Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact, and Milk contracts
Place Name:
Great Britain, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Warndt, Thailand, Belgium, Lesotho, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate), Nigeria, Malta, Barbados, Zanzibar, Egypt, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania