![An infographic depicting food cuts in famous London restaurants. From a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945) designed by Edwin J Embleton. Taken from the Edwin J Embleton Archive housed at the University of Brighton Design Archives.](https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/files/2020/06/01-Not-to-be-used-or-reproduced-before-contacting-University-of-Brighton-Design-Archives-5.jpg)
‘Food cuts’. From a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945). Uncatalogued (EBL-1).
Edwin J Embleton (1907 – 2000) is most widely recognised for his work as studio manager at Odhams Press and in the Publications Division of the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. The Archive includes a diverse range of Ministry of Information printed propaganda from 1939-1945, including over 80 magazines, pamphlets and other ephemera, mainly in English, but also in other languages including French, Spanish, Dutch and Arabic.
![A one-sided colour recruitment pamphlet for Join The Wrens. From a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945) designed by Edwin J Embleton. Taken from the Edwin J Embleton Archive housed at the University of Brighton Design Archives.](https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/files/2020/06/02-Not-to-be-used-or-reproduced-before-contacting-University-of-Brighton-Design-Archives-6.jpg)
‘Join the Wrens’. One side of two-sided recruitment pamphlet. From a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945). Uncatalogued (EBL-1).
![A postcard depicting facts about the British Navy from a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945) designed by Edwin J Embleton. Taken from the Edwin J Embleton Archive housed at the University of Brighton Design Archives.](https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/files/2020/06/03-Not-to-be-used-or-reproduced-before-contacting-University-of-Brighton-Design-Archives-5.jpg)
‘Postcard’. From a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945). Uncatalogued (EBL-5).
![Pages 1-2 from a pamphlet titled 'Gems of German Propaganda' from a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945) designed by Edwin J Embleton. Taken from the Edwin J Embleton Archive housed at the University of Brighton Design Archives.](https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/files/2020/06/04-Not-to-be-used-or-reproduced-before-contacting-University-of-Brighton-Design-Archives-5.jpg)
‘German propaganda through German eyes…’. Pages 1-2 from a pamphlet entitled ‘Gems of German Propaganda’. From a selection of Ministry of Information printed propaganda (1939-1945). Uncatalogued (EBL-2).
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