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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
British Ministry of Information 3
Ministry of Information 3
Minister of Information (United Kingdom, wartime role/influence) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former government agency ⓘ
government ministry ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
collaboratedWith Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: 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 Chamberlain government ⓘ
surface form: 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, England ⓘ
surface form: London
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
locationHeadquarters London, England ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

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

Referenced by (11)

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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 (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Information
Make Do and Mend campaign → organisedBy → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Information
Home Intelligence reports → producedBy → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Information
Home Intelligence reports → usedBy → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Information officials
Home Intelligence reports → relatedTo → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Information Home Intelligence Division
Their Finest → narrativeFocus → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Ministry of Information
Max Aitken → positionHeld → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Information (United Kingdom, wartime role/influence)
War Propaganda Bureau → replacedBy → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Information (United Kingdom, World War I)
Hall of Remembrance scheme → organisedBy → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Ministry of Information
Elizabeth Bowen → employer → Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Ministry of Information