These details were pulled together
from reading and writing whilst progressing through
the PhD
to give context for the time that posters were produced.
It was abadoned as a part of the thesis, but I intend
to add further dates in the future.
| 1935 |
|
|
| October |
14th |
Committee
for Imperial Defence meet. Sub-committee formed
to plan for establishment of the MOI. |
| |
|
Robinson/Leeper
& Reith produced papers. |
| 1936 |
|
|
| December |
|
Sir Stephen Tallents appointed
D.G. Designate of MOI |
| 1937 |
|
|
| November |
|
Preparatory work for publicity
division of MOI - expected to be easy to form
at short notice. |
| December |
|
BIPO & Mass-Observation
formed |
| 1938 |
|
|
| July |
|
Planning of the Home Publicity
Division commenced. |
| September |
|
Government Information Bureau
formed => forerunner to MOI. |
| |
|
MOI mobilised for 2 days over
Munich |
| December |
Late |
Tallents produced 6 stage plan
for CID Committee to avoid unpreparedness of Munich.
Felt to be unacceptable so resigned |
| 1939 |
|
|
| September |
4th |
Lord Macmillian - MOI (formed) |
| |
9th |
RAF leaflet 'bombing' raid
on Germany |
| |
19th |
Sir EWM Grigg - Parliamentary
Secretary, MOI |
| October |
20th |
War Office recommends soldiers
read Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto |
| |
30th |
'The Lion Has Wings' 1st shown |
| November |
22nd |
National Savings Scheme - 'Lend
to Defend the Right to be Free' |
| |
26th |
Chamberlain's first broadcast |
| 1940 |
|
|
| January |
5th |
Sir JCW Reith - MOI |
| |
30th |
Waste Collection Campaign |
| February |
6th |
Fougasse's Careless
Talk posters |
| March |
|
Home Intelligence
Division formed |
| April |
3rd |
No Parliamentary
Secretary to the Ministry of Information |
| |
6th |
Leaflet raids on
Germany suspended |
| May |
12th |
Duff Cooper - MOI
(with Cabinet status) |
| |
17th |
Harold Nicolson
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information |
| August |
|
Frank Pick dismissed
as D.G. of MOI, replaced by Monckton with Radcliffe
as DDG. |
| December |
|
Campbell Stuart
resigns from MOI - what was deemed suitable for
WW1, was not for WW2 |
| 1941
|
|
|
| March |
9th |
Bevin appealed
for 100,000 women to work in factories - not to
wait for instructions |
| April |
14th |
Churchill instructs
MOI to stop publishing demoralising weekly figures
for shipping losses |
| June |
|
Wartime Social
Survey: Regional panels of correspondents recruited. |
| July
|
20th |
Brendan Bracken
- MOI |
| |
21st |
Ernest Thurtle,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information |
| September |
17th |
British to eat
more potatoes -'Potato Pete' |
| 1942 |
|
|
| November |
|
No longer regular
summary of morale/public opinion to War Cabinet |
| December |
|
Extensive VD Campaign
begun |
| 1944 |
|
|
| July
|
|
Home Intelligence
reports considered superfluous |
| 1946
|
|
|
| April |
|
MOI becomes Central
Office of Information |
