Civil Aviation Authority: Information and Publicity Branch and successors; Films...

DR 71

1972-1978

This series contains registered files of the Civil Aviation Authority's Information and Publicity Branch and successors.

Chronological order

3A

Public Record(s)

English

• Civil Aviation Authority, Corporate Communications Department, 1999-1999
• Civil Aviation Authority, Information and Publicity Branch, 1972-1983
• Civil Aviation Authority, Public Relations Department, 1984-1998

1 file(s)

Subject to 30 year closure

from 2003 Civil Aviation Authority

Topics

Air transport

The records of the Information and Publicity Branch have always been in the custody of that Branch.

File series ran from 1972

Series is accruing

The files have been selected as they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1. of PRO's Acquisition Policy).

The Films Advisory Committee (1972-1990) was set up to identify and recommend suitable films where it was judged that such films would be the most effective means of promoting the Authority's work and policies. The Information and Publicity Branch was set up in 1972. It was responsible for promoting the policies and activities of the CAA through the press, radio and television, publications, films and exhibitions. In 1984 the branch was re-named the Public Relations Department, and in 1999 became the Corporate Communications Department. Despite these name changes, the functions of the department remained the same.