Description
Object description
whole: the 12 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is
separate and placed in the upper centre, held within a narrow black border, and beneath each image as a caption, in black. All set against
a white background.
image: a series of photographs illustrating different aspects of the Allied war effort, including depictions of military vehicles and
military personnel.
text: M.50044-H.3313-D.4862-750-24.7.40
THE WAR TOLD FOR YOU IN PICTURES
BRITAIN FULLY PREPARED FOR ATTACK BY LAND, SEA AND AIR :: GOOD DAY'S WORK BY 'DEFIANT' SQUADRON :: FLYING BOATS THAT PATROL THE SEAS ::
BRITAIN'S MEDITERRANEAN FORTRESS.
Britain is prepared for any attack on land, sea and in the air. This photograph shows shells being loaded into an anti-aircraft gun.
Launching a Royal Air Force seaplane to join many others in patrolling the coasts of Britain.
This squadron of the Royal Air Force shot down 37 German aircraft in one day. The squadron is equipped with the new British 'Defiant'
machines, and here the pilots are seen awaiting further orders.
Canada, too, guards the British Empire's Skies. Here is a gunner of the Royal Canadian Air Force ready to play his part in the mighty war
effort being made by the British Empire.
H.M.S. 'Revenge' lying off Gibraltar, Britain's rock-fortress at the entrance to the Mediterranean.
A shipload of British troops entering a British port after their evacuation from Dunkirk.
A Saro Lerwick flying boat receives the finishing touches before joining the R.A.F. Coastal Command. This type of flying boat has been very
successful in convoy work and in helping to rid the seas of the German submarine menace.
The British Aircraft Carrier, 'Ark Royal,' is seen in this photograph with six of the 70 aircraft which she carries aboard lined up ready
to go on patrol.
In a British ordnance factory a modern sea monster is born. One glance gives an idea of its might and of the tremendous shells it will take
when it is mounted on one of the fighting ships of the Royal Navy.
One of the smartest corps in the world is the British Royal Marines. Here a King's Squad is seen on parade at their barracks.
Stanraer flying boats of the Royal Air Force returning home after a patrol of the North Sea. Their duty is to guard merchant shipping.
British Sea Giants Meet. H.M.S. 'Hood' passing H.M.S. 'Repulse' as they go about their business of keeping the seas clear.
Picture Sheet No. 12
Issued by Information Office, P.O. Box 384, Salisbury.
Physical description
Picture Sheet No. 12.
Part of a series of posters produced under the titles 'The War in Pictures' and 'The War Told For You in Pictures'.
M.50044.
H.3313.
D.4862.
750.
Inscription
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