It was only after the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) was asked to produce a secret report on foreign propaganda policy in March 1939 that this assumption was challenged and thoughts turned to the necessary content of such material.Ī new Home Publicity committee duly began work on 6 April 1939 with lunchtime meetings between civil servants and volunteer academics, publicists and publishers taking place on a weekly basis. ![]() However their efforts were constrained by an earlier agreement that these activities would not begin until later into any future war (with the MOI to initially focus wholly on the issue of official news and censorship). The MOI’s planners had first considered ‘Home Publicity’ in August 1937 and returned to the subject in July 1938. The ‘Keep Calm’ design was never officially issued and only a very small number of originals have survived to the present day. It was produced as part of a series of three posters that would be issued in the event of war (the others read ‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory’ and ‘Freedom is in Peril Defend it with all Your Might’). 'Keep Calm and Carry On’ was coined by the shadow Ministry of Information (MOI) at some point between 27 June and 6 July 1939. This blog post marks the 75th anniversary of this significant cultural artefact by exploring its place in the British government’s preparations for the Second World War and drawing attention to the Treasury compromise which led to the poster’s creation. Yet its popularity also obscures a more complicated history. The phrase has reinforced a popular view of life in the Second World War and has been reproduced on everything from champagne flutes to smartphone cases. The contents of those histories are quite intense.The instruction to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become one of the most recognisable slogans in British history. ![]() I think every European country that was initially engaged in those wars at close range needs a pat on the back. There wasn't much left apart from the shipyards. So you've got this tiny little island, picturesque little old villages, this bridge, and these fucking enormous docks and hangars decking the landscape, then this tiny museum fairly recently built on the site of an even older docks from the middle ages. All the country's flagships were designed, built and launched there. Most of our submarine development went on there, as in the first ones, and captured UB's were sent there for processing. Vickers-Browning operated a shipyard in the north-west that was fairly hush compared to the Liverpool docks. ![]() csb My grandparents and great-grandparents worked for one of Britain's best-kept "popular" secrets during the war. If you want a picture that belongs to you to be removed from /r/pics then please file a copyright notice here.Ĭlick here to find more specialized picture subreddits Please mark spoilers for current movies/games/books with spoiler tags. We require new users to post original content and not common pictures from the internet.Īll posts by new users require mod approval in order to weed out spammers. Serial reposters may be filtered or banned.Įstablished accounts will be banned if they willfully ignore the posting rules. Reposts of images on the front page, or within the set limit of /r/pics/top, will be removed. No false claims of ownership (FCoO) or flooding. No submissions featuring before-and-after depictions of personal health progress or achievement. Any racism, bigotry, or any other kind of hate speech is strictly prohibited and will result in a ban. Submissions are only allowed from one of the approved image hosts. ![]() No personal information, direct links to any social media, subreddit-related meta-drama, witch-hunts or missing/found posts. No pictures with added or superimposed digital text. No screenshots, AI images or pics where the only focus is a screen.
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