7/22/2023 0 Comments Keep calm and carry on ww2![]() ![]() It is run in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London and the National Archives at Kew. The project, Make Do and Mend: a publishing and communication history of the Ministry of Information, 1939-45, is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ‘Keep Calm’ slogan, the Institute of English Studies, a member institute of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, is undertaking a £782,410 four-year research project to reveal its secret history. Relatively little was known about the Ministry of Information, which was located in the University of London’s headquarters at Senate House, but that is now changing. It wasn’t until a copy was discovered in a bookshop in Northumberland in 2000, and reproductions of it began to be sold a year later, that its fame was established. The ‘Keep Calm’ design was never officially issued and only a very small number of originals have survived to the present day.Ģ.45 million posters displaying it were printed, only to be pulped and recycled in 1940 to help the British government deal with a serious paper shortage. It was one of a series of three posters that would be issued in the event of war (the others read ‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory’ and ‘Freedom is in Peril Defend it with all Your Might’). ![]() ![]() ![]() The now-ubiquitous ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ phrase was chosen for its clear message of ‘sober restraint’ and was coined by the shadow Ministry of Information at some point between 27 June and 6 July 1939. ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ was one of three key messages created by Britain’s wartime propaganda department, the Ministry of Information, made famous as the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s novel, 1984. Please note comments are moderated before publication.It’s hard to believe that a wartime slogan from 1939, which was never seen by the public, has re-emerged 75 years later and is being used to sell everything from mugs to flight bags and baby clothes. Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. #GlobalNews #QueenElizabeth #WW2 Global News YouTube Channel Global’s Dawna Friesen has more in this exclusive report. “Batten down the hatches, get through it and the sun will come out eventually,” Hardman said. Whether it be facing bombs in Northern Island throughout the 70s, being shot at by six blanks during a Trooping the Colour ceremony in the 80s or royal marriages falling apart throughout the 90s, the late monarch has risen to the challenges throughout her reign with calm and grace. Today, she is the only head of state in the world who wore a uniform during the Second World War, and likely the only monarch in history who was able to strip the gearbox of a truck.ĭecades after the war, this resilience would persist. Queen Elizabeth II was an apprentice of her father, a man who was never supposed to be king but was coping with the worst crisis in British history - the Second World War.īritish author and documentary filmmaker Robert Hardman believes the Second World War and the abdication of her uncle, King Edward, played an integral role in shaping Her Majesty’s ability to endure through hardship and commit to royal duty.ĭuring the war, the young then-Princess Elizabeth was not one to sit back, but rather looked for ways to contribute to the war effort and play her part, from welcoming officers to the Windsor castle for morale to writing to the next of kin of deceased soldiers. Global News published this video item, entitled “Keep Calm and Carry On: How WW2 shaped Queen Elizabeth’s strength throughout her reign” – below is their description. ![]()
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