Record Number: 12015
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On Monday, January 15, saw an Evening Standard placard with the words, "Hitler Will March, says Paris". But in the Star the same evening was a summary of an article by Pertinax, who said Hitler was bluffing and would not march. The opinion I formed form this was that in future I could place no reliance upon news from Paris.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1940 and 30 Sep 1940
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Evening Standard
Genre:news
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12015
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
File Report 470, October 1940, THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF THE PRESS (RF), p. 6, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
Additional Information:
MOO accessed November 26, 2007.
Citation:
File Report 470, October 1940, THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF THE PRESS (RF), p. 6, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see
http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
Additional Comments:
None