Tag: Central Office of Information Records and researchThat’s a wrap! Celebrating a six-month collaboration with government film archivesWednesday 29 December 2021Ten years ago on 31 December 2011 the Central Office of Information (COI) declared...Records and researchKicking the habit: Government’s first anti-smoking campaignsWednesday 27 October 2021This month is Stoptober – an annual media campaign started by Public Health England...Records and researchHome truths: Improving community relations by funding trips to Commonwealth countriesFriday 22 October 2021In 1969 the Central Office of Information (COI) made a film about a scheme...Records and research‘Bandits, guerrillas, terrorists’: The role of the Central Office of Information during the Malayan ‘Emergency’ (1948-60)Thursday 14 October 2021In 1948, Britain declared a state of ‘Emergency’ in Malaya, an area in Southeast...Records and researchHMS Artemis: A real-life submarine drama in two actsMonday 27 September 2021The recent BBC drama ‘Vigil’ was set on a fictional Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarine,...Records and researchInsaaf: Exploring South Asian heritage through public information filmsWednesday 11 August 2021How did the British government communicate messages about racism and civil rights in the...Archives and archivistsConnecting collections amid COVID-19Wednesday 23 June 2021Though it was on April Fools’ Day, 75 years ago, that they opened their...Behind the scenesThe ‘spider’ man’s legacy in British animationFriday 22 September 2017As briefs for commissioned films go, at first glance this is not the most...Records and research‘Expo 67 has opened and is a wow!’Thursday 27 April 2017Expo 67 is considered to be the most successful world’s fair of the 20th...
