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The Reconstruction of 'an Incident'- Civil Defence Training in Fulham, London, 1942 D7927
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The Reconstruction of 'an Incident'- Civil Defence Training in Fulham, London, 1942
Members of various Civil Defence services, including ambulance workers, rescue and stretcher parties, Civil Defence wardens and nursing staff line up with their vehicles at the end of a large-scale Civil Defence training exercise in Fulham. Twelve vehicles and fifty personnel, not including the Fire Service, were involved in this exercise. The Incident Officer, wearing a blue helmet, stands next to his blue lamp and flag in the foreground. This photograph was taken on Conan Street, now West Cromwell Road, looking towards the junction with North End Road: West Cromwell Road becomes Talgarth Road at this junction.
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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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