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1915
May
12
The Bryce Report
On 12 May 1915 Lord Bryce's British committee published its report on German atrocities in Belgium. It became one of the best-known documents of war propaganda.
1916
August
21
*The Battle of the Somme* film premieres
On 21 August 1916 the film "The Battle of the Somme" opened in 34 London cinemas. Within six weeks some 20 million people in Britain had seen it.
1918
February
21
Ministry of Information
On 21 February 1918 Bonar Law announced in the Commons the line-up of Lord Beaverbrook's new Ministry of Information. Lord Northcliffe took enemy propaganda.
November
01
False report of Boris's abdication
In early November 1918 news agencies reported that Tsar Boris III had abdicated and Bulgaria was a peasant republic. It was false; Boris reigned until 1943.