MOI Digital

A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

We are delighted to announce the second stage of MOI Digital, which makes available all the Home Intelligence Reports and Wartime Social Surveys produced by the MOI during #WWII in a fully-searchable form.

https://t.co/2YiGHv3oCO

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

@rosamundmtaylor Hi Ros, thanks for letting us know. It's working again.

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

You can read the full report, and all of the Wartime Social Surveys, at MOIDigital.

https://t.co/uV9B3x1Nmo

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

For #WorldMenstrualHygieneDay we thought we would explore a curious item in our collections… It’s a report from 1942 titled “Sanitary Towels: A Survey of Housewives’ Habits for the Board of Trade.”

📷: RG 23/8

[Barry Michael Doyle @profbarrydoyle]

I've been dipping into the excellent @moidigital online Home Intelligence Reports from the #SWW The extent to which the private reports from the public reflect current concerns about the incompetence of government and the dreadful govt comms is heartening! https://t.co/09x47DaHfI

[The National Archives Media @UkNatArcMedia]

The Central Office of Information is well known for its public information films.

However, it actually employed a range of media to communicate with the public, including photography.

Read our blog from @MariaCreech10 and @DrKHowells to find out more:
https://t.co/0axpO1sNvv

[The PWE and British Culture @PWEpropagandist]

ONE WEEK until the fifth panel of our #writersandpropaganda conference (15 July at 3pm) on The Ministry of Information, with papers from @moidigital's Simon Eliot, @HRAtkinson1, @MeganLFaragher and Henry Irving

Register here: https://t.co/yRnKg74sgB

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

"It is looked on as a morale weapon against the people of the South of England, or as a propaganda weapon, primarily for German home consumption."

Read the Ministry of Information's secret report on public reaction to the V1 flying bomb.

https://t.co/eql8ib2LaN

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

"As long as people believe that all classes and sections are suffering and enduring equally, they will put up with very great hardship. It is 'unfairness' that people resent."

Read the Ministry's secret report on the final week of the Blitz.

https://t.co/667EelMH1U

#Blitz80

[Hollie Price @holl_price]

Exciting arrival in the post today! Thanks so much @ManchesterUP and to the many lovely, brilliant people who supported this project over the years! @FilmStudiesQMUL @AnnetteKuhn7 @Alasdair_King @BoltonsMotors
@craigieproject @sussexfilm

[School of Advanced Study, University of London @SASNews]

The @moidigital project at the @IES_London was heavily involved in briefing the @BBCOne production team in the making of the ‘Blitz Spirit’ which is due to be aired on BBC One, 23 February, 8.30pm (GMT) : https://t.co/1tTCHOeqEs

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

In today's #Archivefromhome video, Katherine Howells talks to us about a highly successful pamphlet which was published by the Ministry of Information, one year after the #BattleofBritain. Learn more about creative publishing during #WW2 in the blog: https://t.co/sxXlNIna2a

[Rachel Rich @RachelSRich]

My colleague ⁦@drhenryirving⁩ ⁦@becketthistory⁩ is quoted in this article!!Trump compares himself to Churchill to explain misleading public on the risk of covid-19 - The Washington Post https://t.co/AWgzRyhhzL

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

16 September, 1940: "Yesterday's aerial successes have produced enthusiastic praise for the R.A.F."

Read the British government's secret reports on public reaction to the Battle of Britain. #BattleofBritainDay #BattleOfBritain80

https://t.co/WgIfoIyGCY

[Institute of Historical Research @ihr_history]

New IHR blog: Recreating the hidden shelters of wartime #Leeds, with 3D imaging.

Dr Henry Irving (@leedsbeckett and @CHPPC_IHR) on the local histories of #WW2: https://t.co/AzaICJhk3t

#DigitalHumanities #twitterstorians #VirtualIHR

[School of Advanced Study, University of London @SASNews]

'Keep calm but DON'T carry on' - our experts at @IES_London's wartime Ministry of Information @moidigital project has helped @washingtonpost set the record straight on a presidential faux pas in its article on how @realDonaldTrump fell for a common myth https://t.co/d7ASkVmjXN

[Dr Michelle Walker (/Moffat) 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @MMoffski]

The University library bought this book just for me! Can't wait to read it 😍📚🤓
#wwii #HomeFront @drhenryirving
@SimonEliot @M_Wiggam

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

Another excellent review of our edited collection, this time by Edward Corse of @WMS_UniKent

[H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult]

Rez: S. Eliot u.a. (Hrsg.): Allied Communication to the Public During the Second World War https://t.co/LfcUljjjPz

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

7 September, 1940: "Regional complaints that London receives excessive publicity for its raids... while important provincial towns have to hide their identity..."

Read the British government's secret reports on public reaction to the Blitz. #blitz80

https://t.co/xsCw85iAON

[MOI Digital @moidigital]

@KingsIoPPN @BBCr4today @TheLancetPsych @UkNatArchives @kcmhr You don't have to go all the way to the National Archives in London to read the government's reports on people's behaviour during the war - you can read them all here, for free: https://t.co/2YiGHv3oCO