"He gives bad news frankly"

19th June 1940: Churchill's 'Finest Hour' speech is received soberly by the British public

British propaganda now focused on the threat of invasion.

In the early stages of the war the Ministry of Information had shown itself to be helplessly out of touch with the British people. Its earliest propaganda posters were widely considered to be crude and counter-productive.

In an effort to get a better appreciation of the public mood at large and th…