Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)

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former government agency government ministry

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

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former government agency → government ministry →
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
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 →
locatedInTimeZone	Greenwich Mean Time →
locationHeadquarters	London →
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 → The Blitz →
oversaw	censorship of letters and communications → wartime censorship of the press →
partOf	British government NERFINISHED →
produced	films → newsreels → pamphlets → posters → press releases → radio broadcasts →
replacedBy	Central Office of Information →
subordinateTo	Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British home front during World War II →	hasPart
Make Do and Mend campaign ("Ministry of Information") →	organisedBy
British War Memorials Committee ("Ministry of Information") →	parentOrganization
Home Intelligence reports ("Ministry of Information") →	producedBy
Home Intelligence reports ("Ministry of Information Home Intelligence Division") →	relatedTo
Home Intelligence reports ("Ministry of Information officials") →	usedBy