Sixteen Year Olds Register- Teenagers Receive Their Adult Id Cards at the Labour Exchange, London, England, UK, 1945 D23872
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Sixteen Year Olds Register- Teenagers Receive Their Adult Id Cards at the Labour Exchange, London, England, UK, 1945
16 year old Margaret Neal, a dressmaker's assistant, registers at the Islington Labour Exchange for her adult Identity Card. According to the original caption, Margaret "does not take evening classes, neither does she belong to a Youth Organisation, and so will be interviewed later by the Youth Authorities". Behind her can be seen many recruitment posters.
The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.
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