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A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3663

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A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3663

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A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941
Joan Hartwell, a pupil at the village school in Lewknor, concentrates on the poster she is drawing as part of a competition organised by the National Savings Committee. The best of these posters will be sent to London to be judged as part of the competition..

The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.

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