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• THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: NATO official photographer

  The new NATO badge, comprising a white emblem on a navy blue background, henceforward the official colours of the Atlantic Alliance. Lord Ismay, Secretary General of NATO, announced that the North Atlantic Council had adopted this design for the...

• THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Australian troops at rest, possibly just after the ceasefire was announced.

• MALAYA PALM OIL UNDER THE EMERGENCY, C. 1950.

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Each year since the war the production figures of palm oil and kernels have been slowly but surely creeping towards pre-war totals, and care is taken to protect the industry and its workers during the emergency. When the manager of a palm oil estate goes...

• THE SUEZ CRISIS (OPERATION MUSKETEER) 1956

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Aerial view of damage in Port Said, 17 November 1956.

• THE SUEZ CRISIS (OPERATION MUSKETEER) 1956

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Aerial view of damage in Port Said, 17 November 1956.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1945 - 1975

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Supply official photographer

  V bombers of the Royal Air Force in flight. An Avro Vulcan, Vickers Valiant and Handley-Page Victor from the Ministry of Supply Research and Development establishment at Boscombe Down in formation over the sea during development trials. These aircraft...

• THE SUEZ CRISIS (OPERATION MUSKETEER) 1956

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Aerial view of damage in Port Said, 17 November 1956.

• BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR TEST PROGRAMME: OPERATION HURRICANE

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Supply official photographer

  A scene from the British Ministry of Supply film "Operation Hurricane", made during the Monte Bello atomic experiment. Sir William Penney, the scientific director in charge of the explosion, watches through binoculars the effect which developed after the...

• THE ROYAL NAVY 1945 -1975

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Fleet Air Arm official photographer

  The Battle class destroyer HMS DUNKIRK at sea in the 1950s.

• BRITISH ARMED FORCES IN GERMANY, 1945 - 1975

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer

  Women's Royal Army Corps telephone operators at work on a major telephone switchboard at the British Army of the Rhine headquarters in Germany.