Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-21
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-01-21
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. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Press Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty (Contributor), Ironside, Edmund, Sir, 1880-1959 (Contributor), British Broadcasting Corporation (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (Contributor), and Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-1-21
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, Factory re-opening--Waltham Abbey, Royal Navy--Losses--H.M. Destroyer Grenville, Military personnel--Service organizations--Sir Edmund Ironside, Dominion Affairs--Under Secretary of State--Sir Cosmo Parkinson, Civil Defense--Lighting--Restrictions, Royal Air Force--Coastal Command--Hostilites--North Sea, British Expeditionary Force--War correspondents, United States--Axis threats, Germany--Leather shortage, and Neutral countries--Switzerland
Place Name:
Great Britain, United States, Germany, and Switzerland