Home Intelligence reports
E98653
Home Intelligence reports were wartime assessments produced by the British government to monitor and analyze civilian morale and public opinion on the home front during World War II.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government report series
ⓘ
public opinion survey ⓘ wartime assessment ⓘ |
| archivedIn |
The National Archives
ⓘ
surface form:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
|
| basedOn |
interviews
ⓘ
letters from the public ⓘ observer networks ⓘ press and media monitoring ⓘ regional intelligence reports ⓘ reports from Mass-Observation ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Home Intelligence Division
ⓘ
officials of the Ministry of Information ⓘ |
| confidentialityStatus | confidential ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| documentFormat | typed reports ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| focus |
attitudes to government policy
ⓘ
attitudes to propaganda ⓘ industrial and workplace morale ⓘ reactions to air raids ⓘ reactions to rationing ⓘ reactions to war news ⓘ |
| frequency |
daily
ⓘ
weekly ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of systematic state opinion research
ⓘ
key source for historians of British home front ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
civil service leadership
ⓘ
senior government ministers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civilian morale
ⓘ
home front conditions ⓘ public opinion ⓘ |
| partOf | British home front during World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy |
British government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Information
|
| purpose |
analyze public opinion
ⓘ
inform government decision-making ⓘ inform wartime propaganda policy ⓘ monitor civilian morale ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British wartime propaganda
ⓘ
Mass-Observation ⓘ Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Information Home Intelligence Division
|
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British wartime policymakers
ⓘ
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Information officials
other government departments ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.