Transcript starter activity What makes this such an effective

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What makes this such an effective propaganda poster?
Would you have fallen
for the propaganda?
Controlling information during WWII
The press
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Govt. authorised to
censor newspaper
articles under Emergency
Powers Act (1938)
Self-censorship generally
common
1941, Daily Worker
banned
Why do you think newspaper
circulation actually increased
during the war?
Radio
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BBC censored itself
BBC reports of Dunkirk stressed successful
evacuation NOT military retreat
By 1945 c.25m listeners
Light entertainment used to boost morale, e.g.
Vera Lynn, Tommy Trinder
Propaganda
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Encouraged people to
conserve fuel, beware of
spies, enlist
Film posters had
patriotic messages
Newsreels before films
boosted morale
Winston Churchill
elevated to heroic status
Observation
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Mass observation reports
Look carefully at this
image. What is the
visual joke that the
artist is making to
reinforce message of
the poster?
 Your task
The Imperial War Museum has decided to hold
an exhibition of Home Front propaganda
posters. The executive committee are looking for
a poster that sums up all the best elements of
wartime propaganda posters to use in its
publicity for the show. You will be given a poster
to propose to the committee. Explain why your
poster should be used on the basis of its artistic
merits and effectiveness as a piece of
propaganda.
Poster 1
Poster 4
Poster 2
Poster 5
Poster 3
Poster 6
Poster 1
Poster 2
Poster 3
Poster 4
Poster 5
Poster 6