Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-17
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-17
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. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Education (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Gort, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount, 1886-1946 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service (Contributor), Great Britain. Board of Trade (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (Contributor), Great Britain. Colonial Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Health (Contributor), Great Britain. Foreign Office. News Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. Press and Publicity Branch (Contributor), Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 (Contributor), Great Britain. Prime Minister (1940-1945 : Churchill) (Contributor), and Great Britain. Dominions Office (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-6-17
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, Board of Education--Food Campaign, Economy--Cost of Living Index, Conscription--Registration, Prisoners of War--British--Registers, Civil Defense--Recruitment, Merchant shipping--Defensive measures, British Army--Military honors, Northern Rhodesia--Conscription, Schoolchildren--Evacuation, Declaration of Union--France, Aircraft production--Anson, Italian warplanes--Descriptions, British forces--Artistic depictions, British warplanes--Armaments, Royal Air Force--Initial Training Wing, and French forces--Withdrawals
Place Name:
Great Britain, France, Northern Rhodesia, and Italy