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Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 D4564

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Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 D4564

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Answering You- the Production of a Bbc Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941
A scene in the studio during the broadcast of 'Answering You'. Left to right the panel are: Tom Harrisson, public opinion expert and co-founder of Mass-Observation; Sir Henry Bunbury; Edward Hulton, publishing house proprietor; District Officer A F Locke, a fireman; L S Amery, Secretary of State for India; W J Brown, Secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association; and Z A Bokhari, poet and broadcaster and an Indian living in London. Also present are Mrs Vyvyan Adams and, with his back to the camera, the presenter, Stanley Maxted.

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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