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Travel F. Tennyson Jesse
FTJ was sent to France by England's Ministry of Information to write about the Women's Army.
Colenbrander, Joanna. A Portrait of Fryn. A. Deutsch.
84
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Phyllis Bottome
Early in the book she describes her first diagnosis with a lung infection only weeks after her sister's death. She also discusses her life during the First World War, which included a job as a...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text E. M. Delafield
EMD defiantly maintains a light, satirical tone despite the gravity of the situation. She focuses deliberately on amusing characters and situations: evacuees who return to London because they cannot tolerate country life; a bureaucrat at...
Textual Production Theodora Benson
TB published with Faber and FaberSweethearts and Wives, Their Part in War, a little book illustrated with photographs mostly from the Ministry of Information , of women at war on the home front.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production Mary Agnes Hamilton
The British Ministry of Information issued, as one of a series published in French for wartime propaganda purposes, a booklet by MAH entitled La Démocratie anglaise en guerre.
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
Textual Production Storm Jameson
Jameson had been approached by the Ministry of Information once the USA had entered World War II, for suggestions on how to cement Anglo-American relations.
Jameson, Storm. Journey from the North. Harper and Row.
524
The resulting volume includes work by Phyllis Bentley ,...
Textual Production Amabel Williams-Ellis
AWE produced the pamphletWomen in War Factories, based on her tours, affiliated with the Ministry of Information , of women's munitions work during World War II.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Textual Production E. M. Delafield
EMD published a wartime propaganda pamphlet entitled People You Love, probably commissioned by the Ministry of Information .
McCullen, Maurice. E. M. Delafield. Twayne.
89-90
Publishing F. Tennyson Jesse
FTJ published with Macmillan an important work of history and cultural commentary: The Story of Burma. It was adopted by the Ministry of Information for educational use.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
77
Colenbrander, Joanna. A Portrait of Fryn. A. Deutsch.
229
politics Phyllis Bottome
With the support of British authorities, PB used her lectures to promote her political views and to encourage Americans to support the Allies in the war against Nazi Germany. At the end of the tour...
Occupation Rumer Godden
While living in Highgate RG took to organizing readings: at Foyles bookshop, promoting young poets; at Kenwood House; and for the Arts Council , where she spent two years on the Poetry Panel...
Occupation Theodora Benson
During the Second World War TB worked for the Ministry of Information , writing Speaker's Notes, material for public speeches explaining the war effort.Elizabeth Jenkins , her assistant, said she was brilliant at this...
Occupation Amabel Williams-Ellis
AWE began journalistic work with some support from the Ministry of Information , interviewing women employees at munitions factories and investigating their working conditions.
Williams-Ellis, Amabel. All Stracheys Are Cousins. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
161-4
Occupation John Betjeman
JB worked initially as a private secretary, prep school master, and journalist. During the Second World War he was an assistant in the Ministry of Information and a British press attaché in Ireland, a...
Occupation Freya Stark
As an advisor on Arabic cultures, FS began work on the outbreak of war with the Publicity Section of the Ministry of Information .
Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House.
241, 261

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Winter 1940-1: A film about London in the Blitz, entitled...

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Winter 1940-1

A film about London in the Blitz, entitled London Can Take It, played to audiences totalling around sixty million people in the USA.

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