Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins: 1939-09-08
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins: 1939-09-08
Other Title:
Schedule of reserved occupations (provisional: revision September, 1939)
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 Labour (Cntributor), Great Britain. Railway Executive Committee (Contributor), Wallace, Euan, 1892-1941 (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Trade (Contributor), Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1869-1953 (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Food (Defence Plans) Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Home Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), and Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1939-09-08
Owning Repository:
University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
World War, 1939-1945, Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1934-, Athenia (Steamship), Ocean liner passengers, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Brown, John, Sir, Major-General, Brownrigg, Douglas, Sir, 1886-1946, Emergency lighting, Packing for shipment, White labels for goods, Great Britain. Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission, Leaflets dropped from aircraft, Contraband of war, Diplomatic and consular service--Employees, Emir Abdullah of Trans-Jordan, World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians, Evacuation reception areas, World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--Management, Butter trade, Cheese industry, Dried fruit--Prices--Government policy, Dried fruit industry, Food prices--Government policy, Great Britain. Ministry of Food, Local Food Control Committees, General Lord Gort--British Field Force, Gordon-Finlayson, Robert, Sir, Great Britain. Ministry of Information--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment, Great Britain. National Assistance Board, Great Britain--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment, Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--Recruiting, enlistment, etc., Ironside, Edmund, Sir, 1880-1959, Kirke, Walter M. St. G., Sir, 1877-1949, Agricultural laborers, Schedule of Reserved Occupations, Occupations--Registers, Unemployed, Unemployment allowances, Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc., Control of Trade by Sea Order, Export of Goods (Prohibition) Order, Merchant ships, Ships--Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine, Submarine warfare, Postal money orders, Germans, Aerial reconnaissance, Sri Lankans, Blackouts in war, Motor vehicle driving, Pedestrians, Roads, Visas, Venning, Walter King, Sir, General, and Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, Earl of, 1883-1950
Place Name:
Great Britain, Falkland Islands, Seychelles, Grenada, Windward Islands, Ghana, Malawi, South Australia, Jordan, Newfoundland and Labrador, Bermuda Islands, Sabah (Malaysia), Saint Helena, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Netherlands, Commonwealth countries, Great Britain--Colonies, Japan, Germany, and Sri Lanka