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The Telephone Service Carries On, London, January 1942 D6424
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The Telephone Service Carries On, London, January 1942
A messenger boy delivers a message to the office of a telephone subscriber whose own telephone system has been damaged following an air raid. The subscriber reads the message at his desk before leaving with the messenger. Note that the messenger carries his gas mask in its tin on his back and has a small pouch for messages at the front of his tunic.
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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