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• AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN: LIFE AT DYRHAM PARK NURSERY, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Children living at Dyrham Park Nursery, near Chippenham in Wiltshire, demonstrate good appetites as they enjoy their lunchtime meal.

• AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN: LIFE AT DYRHAM PARK NURSERY, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Children at Dyrham Park Nursery, near Chippenham in Wiltshire, read at an open window. One is reading "Giant Sleepyhead and the Magic Towers".

• AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN: LIFE AT SYSTON COURT NURSERY, THE SARA DELANO ROOSEVELT HOME, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A nurse holds up a child so that she can read the name plate of the nursery at which she is staying. The plaque reads: "The Sara Delano Roosevelt Home. Presented by the American Jewish Section of the Inter-Faith Committee for Aid to the Democracies in...

• AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN: LIFE AT THE MONTCLAIR NURSERY, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Children paint at easels, whilst others play with and wash their dolls, in the grounds of Montclair Nursery, somewhere in Britain.

• AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN: LIFE AT THE MONTCLAIR NURSERY, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Children enjoy breakfast in the open air at tables set up on the terrace beside the nursery. They are helped by the nurses that run the home.

• BATTLE OF THE LAND: THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY ON THE BRITISH HOME FRONT, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Land Girl Iris Joyce leads a bull at a farm somewhere in Britain. Iris had previously been a typist but after four weeks training at the Northampton Institute of Agriculture, she is now confident to deal with such animals and all aspects of her work in...

• BATTLE OF THE LAND: THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY ON THE BRITISH HOME FRONT, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Land Girl Iris Joyce receives her first week's pay from the farmer with whom she is billeted. Prior to her assignment to this farm, somewhere in Britain, Iris underwent four weeks training at the Northampton Institute of Agriculture to transform her...

• BATTLE OF THE LAND: THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY ON THE BRITISH HOME FRONT, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Iris Joyce (right) takes tea with her new employers upon arrival at her first farm somewhere in Britain. Seated at the table with Iris are the farmer and his wife and their two sons. According to the original caption "...you need farm teas when you are...

• BATTLE OF THE LAND: THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY ON THE BRITISH HOME FRONT, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  After four weeks training at the Northampton Institute of Agriculture, Iris Joyce (fourth from left) and friends sit in a railway carriage as they leave Northampton to travel to their respective farms.

• POST WAR PLANNING AND RECONSTRUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division official photographer

  Model of a proposed development by Professor Patrick Abercrombie to make Chipping Ongar the nucleus of a new town of 60,000 inhabitants, most of whom would relocate from London after the Second World War. The proposal was not adopted.

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Foundrymen use a five ton steam hammer to forge connecting rods for locomotives from 12"square blooms at a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain.

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  At a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain, craftsmen beat out dome casing by hand for South African Railways 19D class 4-8-2 type locomotives. According to the original caption "in the foreground the top of the dome casing is being welded in...

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A general view of the drawing office at a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption "each batch of locomotives is designed for a specific purpose and to suit working conditions in a specific area. Design of each...

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A draughtsman at work in the drawing office of a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain.

• BABY'S LIFE SAVING COT DESIGNED BY NURSE AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Sister Mary Williams holds an oxygen tube to the nose of a young baby as she demonstrates the new cot she has designed at Middlesex Hospital, London. The cot is a 'box' on a stand and is leaning at a 45 degree angle: it can be laid flat. An oxygen...

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A striking photograph of a South African Railways 3' 6" gauge 15F class locomotive undergoing a final steam test at a workshop, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, the engine is a type 4-8-2, and weighs 111 tons 12 cwts.

• BABY'S LIFE SAVING COT DESIGNED BY NURSE AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Sister Mary Williams holds a young baby as she prepares to demonstrate the new cot she has designed at Middlesex Hospital, London. The cot is a 'box' on a stand and is leaning at a 45 degree angle: it can be laid flat. An oxygen cannister can be seen...

• BABY'S LIFE SAVING COT DESIGNED BY NURSE AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Sister Mary Williams places a young baby into the new cot she has designed at Middlesex Hospital, London. The cot is a 'box' on a stand and is leaning at a 45 degree angle: it can be laid flat. An oxygen cannister can be seen on the lower part of the...

• BRITAIN HEARS NEWS OF END OF JAP WAR: CELEBRATING VICTORY IN JAPAN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, c 15 AUGUST 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A New Zealand sailor raises his bowler hat in the sunshine as he celebrates Victory in Japan with several smiling American soldiers and English civilian women on the Strand in London. One of the GIs has a small spray of flowers pinned to his shirt.

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A craftsman welds the top of a dome casing at a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain.