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General Register Office
From its beginnings in 1836, the General Register Office was based within the North Wing of Somerset House in London. There it remained until 1970 when it moved to St Catherine's House in London on Kingsway.
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1857 The Royal Society moves out of Somerset House to join the Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington House; the Society of Antiquaries follows 17 years later
1864 Work begins on the Victoria Embankment, designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette; the embankment is completed in 1870
1873 The Admiralty leaves Somerset House; its offices are taken over by the Inland Revenue
1940s Near the start of World War II, the Inland Revenue temporarily moves out of Somerset House; the Ministry of Supply takes its place
... a German bomber aiming for Waterloo Bridge missed, and dropped a number of bombs on the quadrangle between King's College London and Somerset House.
1970 After 134 years at Somerset House, the General Register Office moves out
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Register_Office_for_England_and_Wales .
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/421860690074304089/
1857 The Royal Society moves out of Somerset House to join the Royal Academy of Arts at Burlington House; the Society of Antiquaries follows 17 years later
1864 Work begins on the Victoria Embankment, designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette; the embankment is completed in 1870
1873 The Admiralty leaves Somerset House; its offices are taken over by the Inland Revenue
1940s Near the start of World War II, the Inland Revenue temporarily moves out of Somerset House; the Ministry of Supply takes its place
... a German bomber aiming for Waterloo Bridge missed, and dropped a number of bombs on the quadrangle between King's College London and Somerset House.
1970 After 134 years at Somerset House, the General Register Office moves out
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Register_Office_for_England_and_Wales .
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Economic Information Unit
The Economic Information Unit set up under Herbert Morrison and headed by his PR chief, Clem Leslie, offered government film footage and subject ideas to the British newsreel companies – Movietone, Paramount, Pathe, Universal and Gaumont-British News. Most of them were evidently receptive to free footage and subjects offered by the government – just as they had been in wartime – because it could help keep their production costs down.
By October 1947, Leslie was already able to report to the Economic Planning Board that “a method of liaison is now in operation which enables the newsreels to draw fairly widely on official suggestions about material and enables departments and the Economic Information Unit to put their proposals forward effectively. In one week recently the newsreels contained eight different items on industrial and economic subjects, all originating from departments”.
Through Leslie’s Economic Information Unit, the Government was now able – without public knowledge – to [covertly] insert stories into the commercial newsreels being shown to millions every week in local cinemas throughout the country without the source being revealed.
http://www.ministry-of-information.com/the-silver-screen/ .
By October 1947, Leslie was already able to report to the Economic Planning Board that “a method of liaison is now in operation which enables the newsreels to draw fairly widely on official suggestions about material and enables departments and the Economic Information Unit to put their proposals forward effectively. In one week recently the newsreels contained eight different items on industrial and economic subjects, all originating from departments”.
Through Leslie’s Economic Information Unit, the Government was now able – without public knowledge – to [covertly] insert stories into the commercial newsreels being shown to millions every week in local cinemas throughout the country without the source being revealed.
http://www.ministry-of-information.com/the-silver-screen/ .
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