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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
KEEPING POULTRY IN BRITAIN, 1944Free range poultry.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
A 5.5 INCH GUN CREW ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, 10 JANUARY 1944Gunner B Cooper of Christchurch, cleaning a 5.5 inch shell before loading in order to save wear and tear on the gun barrel, near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Italy.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE AZORES, JANUARY 1944Front view of a Royal Air Force Morris Light Armoured Car and a bullock cart on an airfield in the Azores.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AIR MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR CONINGHAM, ITALY, JANUARY 1944The Commander of the Allied Forces in Tunisia, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC, standing on a perforated steel runway in the Italian theatre shortly before returning to Britain to take up his duties as Air Officer...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
AIR MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR CONINGHAM, ITALY, JANUARY 1944The Commander of the Allied Forces in Tunisia, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC, standing on a perforated steel runway in the Italian theatre shortly before returning to Britain to take up his duties as Air Officer...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
A 5.5 INCH GUN CREW ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, 10 JANUARY 1944Signaller Cummings, of Swansea, South Wales, sends a message from the Observation Post near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Italy.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR TEDDER, AIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN AIR COMMAND, ITALY, 17 DECEMBER 1943Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder beside his four-star jeep on the Italian coast. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE AZORES, JANUARY 1944A bullock cart on an airfield.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE AZORES, JANUARY 1944The camp barber at work.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE AZORES, JANUARY 1944An air observer shaving in camp.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR TEDDER, AIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN AIR COMMAND, ITALY, 17 DECEMBER 1943Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder beside his four-star jeep on the Italian coast. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE CROSSING OF THE GARIGLIANO RIVER, ITALY BY THE FIFTH ARMY ON THE NIGHT OF 17 - 18 JANUARY 19444.5 inch guns of 214 Battery, 69 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery firing during the six hour barrage laid down by the British section of the 5th Army.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE CROSSING OF THE GARIGLIANO RIVER, ITALY BY THE FIFTH ARMY ON THE NIGHT OF 17 - 18 JANUARY 1944Fusilier J W Roberts, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, wearing a Mae West life jacket which was issued to all troops before crossing the river, lights a cigarette.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE CROSSING OF THE GARIGLIANO RIVER, ITALY BY THE FIFTH ARMY ON THE NIGHT OF 17 - 18 JANUARY 19444.5 inch guns of 214 Battery, 69 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery firing during the six hour barrage laid down by the British section of the 5th Army.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN MARRAKESH, MOROCCO, JANUARY 1944The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP (wearing the uniform of an air commodore) with General de Gaulle during the inspection of French troops at Marrakesh.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN MARRAKESH, MOROCCO, JANUARY 1944The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP (wearing the uniform of an air commodore) with local chieftains during the inspection of French troops at Marrakesh.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
A 5.5 INCH GUN CREW ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, 10 JANUARY 1944Observation Post Officer, Major Price, of Effingham Park, Crawley Down, Sussex, looks out across the Garigliano from a watchman's hut in a disused bauxite mine on the Ponte, St Clemente Road.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN MARRAKESH, MOROCCO, JANUARY 1944The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP (wearing the uniform of an air commodore) with General de Gaulle during the inspection of French troops at Marrakesh.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
A 5.5 INCH GUN CREW ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, 10 JANUARY 1944Gunner Kelford, of Buckley, Chester, the gun layer, at the 5.5 inch gun, near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Italy.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
A 5.5 INCH GUN CREW ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, 10 JANUARY 1944The crew of the 5.5 inch gun await the order to commence firing, near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Italy.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs)
FOOD FROM AMERICA AND CANADA ARRIVING IN BRITAIN, 1943A ship's cargo of dried California peaches being unloaded into a barge.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAIN 1939-1945The War Effort: A cargo of flour from America and Canada being unloaded into a barge from a merchant ship.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
THE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTION OF PENICILLIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARThree phials containing master cultures of penicillin which were used to produce penicillin on a large scale throughout the war.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
BRITISH ARMY NURSING SISTERS IN ITALY, 22 SEPTEMBER 1943British Army nurses attached to the Eighth Army, who were among the first to arrive in Italy, buying cactus fruit in the market at Nicastro.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTHERN ITALY, 1943Italian artillerymen demonstrating a gun dial sight to the first Allied soldier to be attached to an Italian unit after the Armistice, Sergeant P Hopkinson of the Royal Engineers.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTHERN ITALY, 1943The first Allied soldier to be attached to an Italian unit after the Armistice, Sergeant P Hopkinson of the Royal Engineers helps Italian artillerymen pull through the barrel of a gun.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
AMERICAN AIR FORCE GROUND CREW SERVICE A REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT IN ENGLAND, 1943The ground crew servicing the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt flown by Captain Johnson. Sergeant George Baltimore is working on the petrol tank, Corporal Jack Kazanjac on top of the engine, Sergeant Howard Buckner by the cockpit, and Private Albert Asplint on...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer
THE ROYAL NAVY, NOVEMBER 1943A naval gunnery team load an anti-aircraft gun.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer
THE ROYAL NAVY, NOVEMBER 1943A 4 barrel pom-pom gun and crew.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
BUILDING MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT AT THE DE HAVILLAND FACTORY IN HATFIELD, 1943Mosquito aircraft in various stages of production at Hatfield.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR TEDDER, AIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN AIR COMMAND, ITALY, 17 DECEMBER 1943Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder on the Italian coast. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel invasion.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR TEDDER, AIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN AIR COMMAND, ITALY, 17 DECEMBER 1943Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder beside his four-star jeep. Later that month he returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces then being assembled for the cross-channel invasion.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS IN BRITAIN, 1943Two men of the Royal Observer Corps on a cliff top.
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THE ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS IN BRITAIN, 1943A member of the Royal Observer Corps preparing his equipment.
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THE SYNTHETIC PRODUCTION OF PENICILLIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARPenicillin in its final form after the solution had been purified, frozen and dried.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
GUARDS ARMOURED TRAINING WING, PIRBRIGHT, SURREY, NOVEMBER 1943A sergeant of the Coldstream Guards wearing earphones attached to a steel helmet standing beside a tank at the Guards Armoured Training Wing.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer
SHIPBUILDING IN BELFAST, 1943Two recently launched ships being towed into position by the tugs WEXFORD and CORSAIR at Belfast Docks.
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SYNTHETIC PRODUCTION OF PENICILLINProfessor Alexander Fleming, holder of the Chair of Bacteriology at London University, who first discovered the mould Penicillin Notatum. Here in his laboratory at St Mary's, Paddington, London.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
EDUCATION IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARA view of Ampleforth College a Catholic Public School in Yorkshire.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
EDUCATION IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARA view of Ampleforth College a Catholic Public School in Yorkshire, showing the chapel.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRES OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN ITALY, JANUARY 1944Two Spitfire IX's of No 241 Squadron, Royal Air Force, MA425/`RZ-R' and MH635/`RZ-U' piloted by Flying Officers H Cogman and J V Macdonald respectively, flying over Mount Vesuvius.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE BRITISH ARMY IN SICILY, AUGUST 1943Captain P H Bickerton-Edwards of the Highland Division Security Section, interrogating an arrested Fascist at Trecastagni.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE BRITISH ARMY IN SICILY, AUGUST 1943Two wounded Eighth Army 'tommies' at a field dressing station in Sicily.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 23 AIR SCHOOL AT WATERKLOOF, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 1943An RAF pipe band formed by Group Captain Dalzell marches towards the entrance of a camp at Kumalo, near Bulawayo.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 23 AIR SCHOOL AT WATERKLOOF, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 1943Basuto 'hangar boys' clean and polish Miles Master 2036, at Waterkloof.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 23 AIR SCHOOL AT WATERKLOOF, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 1943Training air machine gunners at No 23 Air School. Pupils waiting to take a turn in the power turret rig. The target is a motorized rail buggy which orbited the track at around 40 mph. The Askari native orderlies replenished the ammunition and collected...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 24 BOMBING, GUNNERY AND NAVIGATIONAL SCHOOL AT MOFFAT, RHODESIA, JANUARY 1943A Fairey Battle aircraft towing a drogue sleeve while the student operates the power turret of Airspeed Oxford AS515.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs)
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 20 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, CRANBORNE, NEAR SALISBURY, RHODESIA, JANUARY 1943Sixteen instructors (front row) and pupils parade with North American Harvard aircraft. The Harvard was the standard equipment for advanced pilot instruction which took place at Service Flying Training Schools.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 23 AIR SCHOOL AT WATERKLOOF, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, JANUARY 1943Training air machine gunners at No 23 Air School. Pupils waiting to take a turn in the power turret rig. The target is a motorized rail buggy which orbited the track at around 40 mph. The Askari native orderlies replenished the ammunition and collected...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs)
COMMONWEALTH JOINT AIR TRAINING PLAN, NO 20 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, CRANBORNE, NEAR SALISBURY, RHODESIA, JANUARY 1943Pupil Sergeant D H Marshall climbing in to North American Harvard `49' at Cranborne. He served as a ground crewman for 2 1/2 years before being accepted for flight training.