THE BRITISH HOME FRONT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Images in this album include: ‘Portuguese Ambassador sees Britain at War’ (see also album 80) includes a visit to Liverpool, to Birmingham, to an aircraft factory, and to Coventry Cathedral, series entitled ‘Sticky Bomb’ following workers in a factory workshop showing the assembly of sticky bombs: mixing of adhesive, checking uniformity of glass flasks, and fitting woollen 'jackets', series entitled ‘Ministerial Reception’ photographs of a reception given by the Ministry of Information at 4 Grosvenor Place, a photograph of a hand holding a business card (clearly to be used in an exhibition or leaflet), a good sequence of striking photographs of Utility clothing posed by models, taken on London rooftops and so on, series entitled ‘Australian Editors see Britain at War’ includes visits to an engineering training centre, a small arms factory and a Lancaster factory, and views of a flight in Lancaster, a photograph of several types of pie on a worktop, photographs of tinned sausage, tinned milk and dried fruit, a photograph of a young woman (nursing trainee?), series ‘Austerity Clothes’ features various clothes designed by Hartnell posed by models, series entitled 'Utility Clothes' - more views of models in various London locations (many of these outfits were also designed by Hartnell), series entitled ‘Children Entertain for Prisoners of War’ - photographs of a concert party in Ipswich to raise money for the Red Cross Prisoners of War fund, series entitled ‘London Party for Stalingrad Hospital’- photographs of a party given by the Civil Service Clerical Association at the Ministry of Information to raise funds for a hospital in Stalingrad (see also album 82).