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• INDEPENDENCE IN INDIA, AUGUST 1947

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

  Watched by Lady Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru is sworn in as India's first Prime Minister by the outgoing Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten.

• THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

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

  Australian soldiers in training for deployment to Korea, Sydney, Australia, 1950.

• AUSTRALIAN ARMY RECRUITING TO JOIN UNITED NATIONS FORCES IN KOREA, c 1950

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

  A recruit for Korea leaves the quartermaster's store at the Army Reception Centre at Royal Park, Melbourne, carrying full kit.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DURING THE COLD WAR, 1945-1980

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

  An Avro Vulcan from RAF Scampton in flight.

• THE BRITISH ARMY 1945 - 1975

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

  Four pipers of the Black Watch Band of the Royal Highland Regiment, photographed during the Band's ceremonial visit to Australia where they participated in the celebrations to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Band gave a...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Balman V (Staff Sgt) 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Balman V (Staff Sgt) 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Balman V (Staff Sgt) 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Balman V (Staff Sgt) 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• EXERCISE NORDIC, INVOLVING TROOPS FROM BRITAIN, NORWAY AND DENMARK IN NORTH GERMANY, AUGUST 1950

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British official photographer 1950-08

  For the purpose of the exercise, the British zone of Germany was called Redland and its troops came from the Norwegian Army with the British Royal Tank Regiment. The aggressing Blueland troops from the south were formed by the Danish Army and a British...

• 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...