THE BRITISH HOME FRONT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Images in this album include: series entitled ‘Britain’s War Babies are Growing Up’ which follows Mrs Rose Buckner and her three children (see also album 95), including closing the black out curtains, and the children playing at shopping, wardens and Home Guards, series entitled ‘Keep Fit Demonstration in London’ featuring women from the Central Council of Recreative Physical Training Leaders Training Course as they demonstrate with hoops and stretching, series entitled ‘Make-Do Dolls for Christmas’ photographs of a toy elephant, pig and rabbit, made from leftover scraps of fabric, photograph entitled 'Anglo-Portuguese Society' featuring an address by the Duke of Palemella, a photograph of a cartoon by Maroc, concerning the fact that the National Fire Service were helping to build aircraft and do other war work, a photograph of a Ministry of Information blood transfusion display, a Ministry of Information posed photograph of a woman lighting a fire, series entitled ‘Regent of Iraq visits Scotland’ which includes signing the visitors' book at the Glasgow City Hall, a visit to a factory to see the furnaces, lunch in the City Chambers and a visit to Edinburgh Castle, then back to MoI HQ in London to watch the film of his visit to Scotland, series entitled ‘Regent of Iraq attends Luncheon at Iraq Legation, London’, two Ministry of Information photographs: one of a relief map model of London, and the other of a hand in an old glove, series entitled ‘Arabian Princes visit Great Britain’ featuring views of the drinks reception, series entitled ‘Regent of Iraq at London Reception’ featuring views of the drinks reception, series entitled ‘The Regent of Iraq holds Investiture in London’ includes views of the Regent presenting the 'Order of the Rafidain' to the service personnel that helped in the Regent escape from Iraq, series entitled ‘Catholic Public School’ which includes good interior and exterior views of the school at Ampleforth Abbey, including lessons in science laboratories, views of the library, boys playing rugby,and the tuck shop, series entitled ‘Chinese Engineers in London’ following engineers as they learn draftsmanship, work in a telephone and cable factory, fit valves, and relax (D 17385 is a good photograph of a man reading a newspaper beside a wireless set), short series of photographs featuring a reception for Commonwealth members of the ATS? hosted by the Duke of Devonshire at Colonial Office, series entitled ‘Chinese Mission in Great Britain’ featuring group and individual portraits of the members of the Mission, a portrait photograph of Mr Ernest Thirtle, MP, a series of maps or diagrams of the campaigns in Burma, Norway and so on, a series of photographs of the ‘Colonies’ exhibition, a series of photographs of Emir Feisal and Emir Khalid (see also album 97).