Film Show at Highest Village in the Highlands- Ministry of Information Film Screening, Tomintoul, Banffshire, Scotland, UK, 1943 D22619

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Film Show at Highest Village in the Highlands- Ministry of Information Film Screening, Tomintoul, Banffshire, Scotland, UK, 1943 D22619

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Film Show at Highest Village in the Highlands- Ministry of Information Film Screening, Tomintoul, Banffshire, Scotland, UK, 1943
Ministry of Information Film Operator John Macdougall sets up his Bell and Howell film projector in the Memorial Hall, Tomintoul. The hall is being converted into a cinema for the evening, and just visible are the rows of chairs which have been set up to accommodate the audience. The film is due to begin at 8pm.

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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