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General publicity photographs (captioned). 670 photographs produced by government...
Catalogue reference: INF 2/44
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This record is about the General publicity photographs (captioned). 670 photographs produced by government... dating from 1944-1945 in the series Ministry of Information and Central Office of Information: Guard Books and Related.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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INF 2/44
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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General publicity photographs (captioned).
670 photographs produced by government departments and photograph agencies depicting allied military and civilian personnel, military and political leaders, including the King and Sir Winston Churchill, as well as events and scenes from the Home Front, and liberated areas of Europe, during World War Two.
Individual photographs are described at item level.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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These photographs were sorted prior to treatment by TNA's Conservation Department in 1996. As part of this process each photograph was provided a reference that combined its piece reference with its former departmental reference. For example: 'INF 2/44/A1'. These references may now be found on the reverse of each photograph. To aid identification this reference precedes the description of its respective image in the item level entry.
The document is now in two parts (ordered under a single piece reference) with the photographs further sub-divided in to protective folders.
Part 1, comprising item Nos 1 to 481, holds photographs with departmental registration numbers 1-2679.
Part 2, comprising item Nos 482 to 674, holds photographs with departmental registration numbers 2680-2902.
This is not a comprehensive sequence of photographs. The following registration numbers have not been used: 3-7 , 12-19 , 22-24 , 31, 33, 37-41 , 47, 49-51, 53-56, 58-68, 70, 72-79, 91, 97, 99-100, 102-103, 106-107, 109, 111-123, 125-131, 133-134, 136, 138, 140, 142-149, 152-168, 170-183, 185-188, 191-192, 195-201, 203-204, 206-212, 215-218, 220-642, 658-686, 692-1022, 1024-1469, 1486-1496, 1498-1594, 1600-1651, 1658-1837, 1840-2006, 2008-2009, 2017-2044, 2048, 2050-2278, 2283, 2294-2297, 2321-2330, 2392, 2397, 2399, 2403, 2412-2418, 2426, 2431-2435, 2494-2495, 2521-2528, 2546-2552, 2578, 2655-2658, 2668-2669, 2703-2719, 2790-2795, 2806-2815, 2818-2819, 2821-2827, 2846, 2860, 2878-2880.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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670 photograph(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Photographs may remain in copyright
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3519635/
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INF 2
Ministry of Information and Central Office of Information: Guard Books and Related...
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