Labour 1945-1951: Public Ownership and the Welfare State

Synopsis

A selection of cartoonists’ graphic images designed to examine Britain’s post-war Labour Government (1945-51). Cartoons drawn for the major newspapers and opinion-forming journals are compared and contrasted to present a picture of the aims, achievements and failures of Attlee’s administration.

Series

Witness to History, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; 30 slides. b&w.

Year of production

1982

Availability

Sale

Documentation

Accompanying text identifying the characters, explicating each cartoon and setting out the general historical and political background.

Uses

Upper secondary school students and undergraduates.

Subjects

Politics & government

Keywords

Labour Party (Great Britain); political cartoons

Credits

Writer

Adrian Smith

Sponsor

Name

Nuffield Foundation

Phone

020 7631 0566

Address

28 Bedford Square
LONDON
WC1B 3E?

Distributor

Name

University of Kent at Canterbury, Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature