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| Picture No | 10001055 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Description | Cartoon, Dora Discomfited |
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Defence of the Realm Act 1914, or DORA for short - It was passed in order to control communications, the nation's ports and subject civilians to the rule of military courts. It was amended six times during the course of WWI, eventually being used for everything from banning narcotics to censoring the press. It introduced a wide range of changes in society including prohibition, rationing, the introduction of British Summer Time and the widening of police powers.
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| Source | Cartoon by Bernard Partridge in Punch, February 1919 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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