Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-15
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-15
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. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (Contributor), Morrison, Herbert, 1888-1965 (Contributor), Great Britain. Post Office (Contributor), Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950 (Contributor), South Africa. Prime Minister (Contributor), Great Britain. Colonial Office. Press Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Food (Contributor), Amery, L. S. (Leopold Stennett), 1873-1955 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service (Contributor), Gort, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount, 1886-1946 (Contributor), Grigg, Edward, Sir, 1879-1955 (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968 (Contributor), Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 (Contributor), Germany. Reich Chancellor (1933-1945 : Hitler) (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. Press and Publicity Branch (Contributor), Great Britain. Foreign Office. News Service (Contributor), Linlithgow, Victor Alexander John Hope, Marquess of, 1887-1952 (Contributor), India. Governor-General (1936-1943 : Linlithgow) (Contributor), Kindersley, Robert Molesworth, Baron, 1871-1954 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production (Contributor), Great Britain. Army Council (Contributor), Bennett, Peter F. (Contributor), and Great Britain. Dominions Office. Press Section (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-6-15
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, Post Office--Examiners--Recruitment, Food--Rationing--Registration, Magna Carta- Anniversary, Conscription--Registration, Royal Air Force--Recruitment, South Africa--Government--Message--French people, War Office--Military honors, Civil defense--Volunteers--Duties, Royal Navy--Losses--H.M.S. Calypso, Royal Navy--Losses--H.M. Trawler Myrtle and H.M. Trawler Ocean Sunlight, Adolf Hitler--Interview--Karl von Wiegand, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--France, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Germany, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Norway, Nazi propaganda, India--War contributions, War Savings Campaign--Sir Robert Kindersley, Allied Forces--U.S. aid, Royal Air Force--Pilots--Escapes, and War office--Casualties--Registers
Place Name:
Great Britain, South Africa, France, Germany, India, United States, and Canada