Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-04-07
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-04-07
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 Health (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty. Naval Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (Contributor), and Great Britain. Air Ministry. Press and Publicity Branch (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-4-7
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, Foreign news, Mortality--Statistics, Diseases, Medical statistics, Officials and employees--Resignation, Officials and employees--Selection and appointment, Propaganda, German, World War, 1939-1945--Conscription, Military appointments, Hitler's Ten-Year-Plan, Aerial operations, Naval operations, Shipwrecks, Navarra (Ship), Submarine warfare, Air warfare, Personal narratives, Aloysius (Mascot)--Royal Air Force, German income tax increase, Anglo-Dutch trade arrangements, Winston Churchill, British Cabinet changes, French Official Communique, E. H. Carr, I. A. Kirkpatrick, Wakama (Ship), Armed Forces Act (1939), Geoffrey Blake, Bombing at night, Airwomen as interpreters, and Iron rations
Place Name:
Great Britain, Switzerland, Holland, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, United States, Panama, Brazil, Egypt, and Portugal