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  • WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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    New recruits to the Royal Air Force, recently arrived from the West Indies, take part in a march past at an RAF station somewhere in the north of England. Taking the salute (although not visible) is Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt. These men are in...

  • WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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    Colonel Oliver Stanley, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt and others look on as two new Royal Air Force recruits demonstrate the use of a Browning .30-inch machine gun as part of their training at an RAF station, somewhere in the north of England. They...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Women of the American Ambulance Great Britain talk to an elderly man next to the pile of rubble which was once his home, following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. This man had been for a walk as his...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers search amid piles of rubble as they try to dig survivors out of collapsed buildings following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Norwood, London, SE19. One is using a dog to help in the search. In the...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    An elderly man sits on the pile of rubble which was once his home, following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. This man had been for a walk as his wife prepared the Sunday lunch, and returned to find...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers stand on piles of rubble as they try to dig survivors out of collapsed buildings following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Norwood, London, SE19. Stretcher bearers stand in readiness, should a...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence workers help ambulance staff to load stretchers into a London County Council ambulance following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Behind them, the damage sustained by the houses on these...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A casualty is carried by Civil Defence stretcher-bearers past an ambulance of the American Ambulance Great Britain following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. In the background, other Civil Defence...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers search for survivors in a cavity under a huge pile of rubble and timbers following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. In the background, a group of Pioneer Corps men can be seen, awaiting...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Men of Civil Defence heavy and light rescue teams and men of the National Fire Service (NFS) listen for survivors as they search a cavity in a large pile of rubble, timbers and debris following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Women of the American Ambulance Great Britain prepare stretchers for casualties following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Behind them is a busy scene of Civil Defence workers trying to rescue survivors from the...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A police officer has his hand bandaged by women of the American Ambulance Great Britain following a V1 attack in Upper Norwood. The original caption states that the policeman's hand was injured by flying glass.

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A group of women stand beside the wreckage of their homes following a V1 attack on the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood, holding bedding and blankets as they chat to a Civil Defence worker. The women are standing beside an ambulance...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A vicar who has been helping with the rescue effort following a devastating V1 attack on the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood, pauses in his work to smoke a cigarette and chat to one of his parishioners. The vicar is wearing overalls...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers salvage furniture and personal belongings from a pile of rubble following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Behind them, the remains of several almost completely destroyed...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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

    Civil Defence workers (just visible centre right) search for survivors in a huge pile of rubble and timbers following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Several houses have been completely destroyed, and...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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

    A lightly-wounded casualty is given a lift to the back of a waiting ambulance on the back of a Civil Defence worker, following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. A group of women can be seen talking to other Civil...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers search for survivors under a huge pile of rubble and timbers following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood, as men of the Pioneer Corps awaiting instructions on where to dig, look on. In...

  • MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

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    Lord Melchett's country home, Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Before they leave the depot to attend an incident, women of the American Ambulance Great Britain look at a map to plan their route. A telephone call has just been received to say that several of their ambulances are needed.

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A woman of the American Ambulance Great Britain receives a telephone call requesting their attendance at an incident.

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Three dogs sit in a row at a Mechanised Transport Corps post, somewhere in London.

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Women of the American Ambulance Great Britain wash an ambulance car of the surgical unit to pass the time between call-outs at their depot, somewhere in London.

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A fireman of the National Fire Service prepares to lift equipment from a truck following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. An NFS trailer pump can be seen in the foreground, standing ready should it be required. In...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence wardens and a member of the American Ambulance Great Britain search amongst rubble and timbers for salvageable items following a devastating V1 attack in Upper Norwood. In the foreground, a bent piece of guttering and spikes of timber...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Milkmen deliver the morning round along a rubble strewn street, as householders discuss the damage to their properties following a V1 attack in Upper Norwood. A vicar can also be seen walking along the street. The front doors and all windows are...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A cloud of smoke rises in the distance after a V1 attack in the Norwood area of London. Life appear to be continuing as normal, however, as this busy high street scene illustrates. At the far end of the street (possibly Norwood High Street or Lower...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers search for survivors under a huge pile of rubble and timbers following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. In the background, an ambulance of the American Ambulance Great Britain, several...

  • FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Civil Defence rescue workers search for survivors under a huge pile of rubble and timbers following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood, as two policemen, a Civil Defence officer and a National Fire Service officer look...

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Women inspect parts for Screw Machine Products Ltd at Hurley Works in Hurley, Berkshire. They are wearing overalls with the letters 'CINO' on them.

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Women at work producing radio location components for Belling & Lee Ltd, at an outworking unit in Kingston Blount, Oxfordshire. They are seated around small tables beside a fireplace.

  • PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    During a visit to a jam factory near his church, (probably Tate and Lyle in Silvertown), Reverend Joseph Stevens accompanies factory workers down into their air raid shelter as the siren sounds. The women carry their trays of strawberries with them to...

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Men and women at work boxing up motor transport and tank spare parts for Command Ordnance Depot, Bicester, at an outworking unit in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. A large poster featuring a cartoon of Field Marshal Montgomery can be seen on the wall in the...

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Men and women chat amongst themselves as they assemble filters on behalf of Newcon Filters Ltd, at an outworking unit in Bray, Berkshire.

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Men and women at work boxing up stores for Command Ordnance Depot, Didcot, at an outworking unit in Woodcote, Oxfordshire.

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Four women sit at a table to assemble Stator Coils on behalf of Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd, at an outworking unit in a house in Bramdean, Hampshire.

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Women at work assembling various electrical components on behalf of McMichael Radio Ltd, at an outworking unit in Datchet, Buckinghamshire. Various posters on the walls help keep up morale.

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Men and women at work assembling snowshoes on behalf of Furniture Industries Ltd, at an outworking unit in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. They are working in a warehouse and stacks of completed snowshoes can be clearly seen in the foreground.

  • OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 OUTWORKING UNIT: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUTWORKERS TO THE WAR EFFORT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Men and women at work boxing up motor transport and tank spare parts for Command Ordnance Depot, Bicester, at an outworking unit in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.

  • YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Two female war workers enjoy a game of table tennis at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil, whilst several male members of the club watch them as they play.

  • YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A group of men and women arrive at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil.

  • YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Elsie Richards (left) and Margaret Yeoman (right) wash their clothes in the laundry provided at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Both women work at an aircraft factory. Elsie is wringing her clothes through the mangle and Margaret is washing her...

  • YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    Laundry and bathing facilities are provided at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Whilst their laundry is drying, girls can use the washing facilities themselves. Here we see Elsie Richards, in the left-hand cubicle, putting her shoes back on after...

  • YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A scene in a Make Do and Mend class at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Amongst the group are Mrs Norman, who works in a local library and runs the class as a voluntary war job; Joan Keith, a draughtswoman at an aircraft factory; Eileen Hampshere;...

  • YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 YWCA WAR WORKERS' CLUB: REST AND RELAXATION IN YEOVIL, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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    A view of the busy canteen at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. According to the original caption, prices here are very reasonable, with tea costing 2d, coffee 3d and hot snacks 6d. Groups chat at tables in the foreground, whilst in the background...

  • GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944 GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944

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    A horse-drawn cart of Harland and Wolff travels past a large cargo ship under construction in a shipyard in Glasgow. The hull is being painted and a large crane can be seen in the background, to the left of the photograph. Timber scaffolding, hiding...

  • GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944 GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944

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    In the boiler room of a new ship being built at a shipyard in Glasgow, two boiler-makers study a blue print before starting work. Two young workers can be seen behind them, awaiting instructions.

  • GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944 GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944

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    Shipbuilders hard at work in a Glasgow yard. It is probable that the large piece of metal above their heads, coming from the right hand side of the photograph, is part of the rudder of the ship.

  • GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944 GLASGOW SHIPYARD: SHIPBUILDING IN WARTIME, GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, UK, 1944

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    Workers stream through the gates of a Glasgow shipyard as they leave work for the lunchtime break. The huge structure of a ship 'skeleton' surrounded by timber scaffolding and several large cranes, just on the other side of the gates, dominates the...

  • WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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    New recruits to the Royal Air Force, recently arrived from the West Indies, take part in a Physical Training demonstration during an inspection by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt and Colonel Oliver Stanley. The men are standing in a circle holding timber...

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