Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)

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The Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) was the British government department responsible for publicity, propaganda, and censorship during the Second World War.

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instanceOf former government agency
government ministry
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom
collaboratedWith Admiralty
Air Ministry
BBC
Ministry of Food
Ministry of Home Security
War Office
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1946
employed artists
civil servants
filmmakers
journalists
public relations officers
writers
foundedBy Government of Neville Chamberlain
hadMinister Brendan Bracken
Duff Cooper
Herbert Morrison
Lord Macmillan
hasMainResponsibility censorship
information policy
propaganda
public information campaigns
publicity
wartime morale
headquartersLocation Senate House, University of London
inception 1939
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London
linked to: London, England
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time
locationHeadquarters London
linked to: London, England
notableWork Careless Talk Costs Lives campaign
Dig for Victory campaign
Keep Calm and Carry On poster campaign
Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory poster
operatedDuringConflict Battle of Britain
Second World War
linked to: World War II

The Blitz
oversaw censorship of letters and communications
wartime censorship of the press
partOf British government
linked to: UK government
produced films
newsreels
pamphlets
posters
press releases
radio broadcasts
replacedBy Central Office of Information
subordinateTo Government of the United Kingdom
linked to: UK government

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British home front during World War II hasPart Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
British War Memorials Committee parentOrganization Ministry of Information
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Make Do and Mend campaign organisedBy Ministry of Information
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Home Intelligence reports producedBy Ministry of Information
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Home Intelligence reports usedBy Ministry of Information officials
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Home Intelligence reports relatedTo Ministry of Information Home Intelligence Division
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Their Finest narrativeFocus British Ministry of Information
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Max Aitken positionHeld Minister of Information (United Kingdom, wartime role/influence)
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
War Propaganda Bureau replacedBy Ministry of Information (United Kingdom, World War I)
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Hall of Remembrance scheme organisedBy British Ministry of Information
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
Elizabeth Bowen employer British Ministry of Information
linked to: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)