The Gardens of Kew- the work of Kew Gardens in Wartime, Surrey, England, UK, 1943 D16489
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The Gardens of Kew- the work of Kew Gardens in Wartime, Surrey, England, UK, 1943
Mr Campbell (right), Curator of the Gardens, examines potato crops as they are lifted by a gardener. These potatoes have been grown experimentally, at the behest of the Ministry of Food, using a chip from a seed potato, rather than the whole thing. According to the original caption, crops using this method were better than those grown normally and "seed prepared at Kew is flown to Malta, Cyprus and Palestine to replace supplies cut off by war".
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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