Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-04
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1940-06-04
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. Admiralty (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. Press and Publicity Branch (Contributor), George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 (Contributor), Waverley, John Anderson, Viscount Westdean, 1883?-1958 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Food (Contributor), Great Britain. Colonial Office. Press Department (Contributor), Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and National Service (Contributor), Gordon, John Fawcett, 1879-1965 (Contributor), Northern Ireland. Ministry of Labour (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office. Military Affairs (Contributor), Ironside, Edmund, Sir, 1880-1959 (Contributor), Great Britain. Foreign Office. News Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Petroleum Department (Contributor), Great Britain. Coal Production Council (Contributor), Portal, Wyndham Raymond, Viscount, 1885-1949 (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (Contributor), Ramsay, Bertram Home, Sir, 1883-1945 (Contributor), Newall, Cyril Louis Norton, Baron, 1886-1963 (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Health (Contributor), Great Britain. Sovereign (1936-1952 : George VI) (Contributor), and Great Britain. Dominions Office. Press Section (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1940-6-4
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, Food--Rationing--Procedures, Northern Ireland--War efforts, Royal Navy--Recruits--Newfoundlanders, Petroleum--Supply and storage, Coal Production Council, Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940, Shipping--losses, Royal Air Force--Honors, Royal Navy--Casualties--Registers, Vacationers--Restricted areas, Royal Air Force--Pilots--Escapes, British Expeditionary Force--Operations--France, Empire Air Training Scheme--Graduates--Canada, Northern Ireland--Farms--Surveys, Ministry of Aircraft Production--Appointments, British Expeditionary Force--Casualties--Announcements, Auxiliary Territorial Service--Recruitment, Home Forces--Sir Edmund Ironside, Royal Navy--Recruitment, France--Official communications--King George VI, War Office--Honors, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Germany, Schoolchildren--Evacuation, Royal Air Force--Air attacks--Belgium, British forces--Operations--Norway, Women's Auxiliary Air Force--London Recruiting Center--Duchess of Gloucester, and Royal Air Force--Hospitals--Dispensers
Place Name:
Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Canada, France, Belgium, Newfoundland, and Norway