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Government policy re newsreels; Parliamentary question by Lord Strabolgi. This file...

Catalogue reference: INF 1/194

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This record is about the Government policy re newsreels; Parliamentary question by Lord Strabolgi. This file... dating from 1939 in the series Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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INF 1/194

Date

1939

Description

Government policy re newsreels; Parliamentary question by Lord Strabolgi. This file includes correspondence relating to the Ministry's policy on the British film industry. Sir Joseph Ball's case for the preservation of the film industry is mentioned.

Note

This catalogue description was enhanced in 2018 as a result of a project led by Professor Simon Eliot (University of London) and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project was entitled 'Make Do and Mend: A Publishing History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-1946'.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

File No. F. 156

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