Diaries of Ronald Tritton, War Office Publicity Officer 1940-45 (ePub)
War Office Publicity Officer 1940-45
(Sprache: Englisch)
The diary kept by Ronald Edward Tritton is a revealing and often frank record of the internal conflicts at the Public Relations Department of the War Office and the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. Ronald Tritton was recruited in 1940...
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The diary kept by Ronald Edward Tritton is a revealing and often frank record of the internal conflicts at the Public Relations Department of the War Office and the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. Ronald Tritton was recruited in 1940 for the position of War Office Publicity Officer by Major-General Beith, Director of Public Relations at the War Office, to transform the dysfunctional department. The first civilian to hold the post, it was hoped his professional skills gained in Public Relations for the Savoy Hotel Group would be a valuable tool to overcome the British Army's negativity towards the use of any form of visual publicity. Internal conflicts between the service film units, the newsreel companies and the Americans proved a difficult balancing act for Tritton, as these diaries reveal. They are also an invaluable source of evidence not only for the growth and war effort of the Army Film Unit /Army Film & Photographic Unit, but also for the newsreels. With the support of Major-General Edgeworth-Johnstone, the Assistant Director of Public Relations, Ronald Tritton became the catalyst for the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, despite considerable military and political opposition. This unit was to grow in strength and professionalism throughout the conflict, producing some of the most frequently used film and photographic material of the war. The diaries also provide a record of life at the Savoy Hotel, London, during the Second World War (Tritton was on a retainer there and counted David Niven amongst his friends) and a wonderfully evocative, almost tangible sense, of London and life in the south of England during those years.
Autoren-Porträt von Fred McGlade
Born in Belfast in 1953, Fred McGlade was brought up in a poor inner city area. He left school with little in the way of qualifications, his education having been disrupted by the 'Troubles'. The family home being 'burnt out' by the IRA was the impetus for him to leave Belfast and he joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps where he served for six years as a Vehicle Specialist. After leaving the army he got involved with the road haulage/ logistics industry and this led to him going to Dubai where he obtained a job as an Insurance Assessor examining damage to shipping cargo onboard container vessels. After three years in Dubai, on his return to England the insurance experience he had gained led him to start up his own insurance brokerage, which he ran for 19 years. During that time he enrolled with the Open University, where he gained a BA (Hons) Humanities and an MA History. After the sale of the insurance brokerage he was accepted as a History and English tutor at a Young Offenders Institute, where he worked for almost three years. He then decided to attempt a PhD, studying full time for three years at Lancaster University. This he successfully completed in 2008. During studying for the PhD he was able to teach undergraduates part time in the History department gaining valuable teaching experience and qualifications. For the last year he has been working as a Regional Organiser for a political party, the UK Independence Party, politics being one of his lifelong interests. He is the author of The History of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit in the Second World War and has narrated and contributed to the recent BBC3 documentary Shooting The War. During his spare time he continues to research the massacres committed by the Nazis in the Massa Carrara / Lunigiana areas of Italy during World War Two.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Fred McGlade
- 2012, 672 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: McGlade Fred McGlade
- Verlag: Helion and Company
- ISBN-10: 190891680X
- ISBN-13: 9781908916808
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2012
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