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  • NAVAL WELFARE: THE WORK OF THE NAVAL FAMILY WELFARE SERVICE, UK, 1945 NAVAL WELFARE: THE WORK OF THE NAVAL FAMILY WELFARE SERVICE, UK, 1945

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

    A sailor stands at his front door with his children to speak to Chief Wren Nye of the Naval Family Welfare Service. He has arrived home for 48 hours compassionate leave and discovers that Chief Wren Nye is making arrangements for the care of his family.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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    Staff prepare rows of lanterns in the lamproom, as miner Fred Woolhouse collects his lamp at the start of his shift at this colliery, somewhere in Britain.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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    Lamps in hand, a team of coal miners descend deep into the mine in the 'cage' at the start of their shift at this colliery, somewhere in Britain.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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

    A miner, begrimed and sweaty, wearing just a pair of trunks and a helmet, works the coal face with a large drill. The steel props which hold up the roof of the tunnel can be seen on the right of the photograph.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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

    Miners load chunks of the coal they have just cut from the coal face onto the conveyor, just visible on the right, which will transport the coal to the shaft. The roof of the low tunnel is held up by a row of steel props, which can be seen stretching...

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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

    A miner loads chunks of the coal that he has just cut from the coal face onto the conveyor which will take the coal back to the shaft.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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

    Chunks of coal reach the surface via conveyor belt at this colliery, somewhere in Britain. Men stand along the length of the conveyor to 'screen' it as it passes: coal quality control.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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

    Coal miners sit on the 'paddy mail' as it transports them back through the tunnels of the mine back to the shaft at then end of their shift at this colliery, somewhere in Britain.

  • MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942 MEN OF THE MINE: LIFE AT THE COAL FACE, BRITAIN, 1942

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

    Coal miners cross the road and head towards the pithead baths after arriving back at the surface following their shift down the mine at this colliery, somewhere in Britain.

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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

    Workers add the finishing touches to a car on the assembly line of a car factory, somewhere in Britain. The workshop is huge, and cars can be seen stretching back into the distance, as far as the eye can see.

  • AMERICANS IN BRITAIN: THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS EAGLE CLUB DORMITORY, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1942 AMERICANS IN BRITAIN: THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS EAGLE CLUB DORMITORY, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1942

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

    A female volunteer at the American Red Cross Eagle Club gives a cup of tea to one of several American soldiers making use of the canteen facilities at the club. It is possible that this club was in the Kensington area of London.

  • VISIT OF PERUVIAN COMBINED SERVICES MISSION TO BENTWATERS FIGHTER STATION NEAR WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND, UK, 1945 VISIT OF PERUVIAN COMBINED SERVICES MISSION TO BENTWATERS FIGHTER STATION NEAR WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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    Flight Lieutenant M Burgos (left) and Squadron Leader M O'Brien (right), both from Peru, chat to Group Captain Douglas Bader, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, during a visit to RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk. To the left of the photograph, part of the control tower...

  • AMERICANS IN BRITAIN: THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS EAGLE CLUB DORMITORY, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1942 AMERICANS IN BRITAIN: THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS EAGLE CLUB DORMITORY, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1942

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

    A female volunteer at the American Red Cross Eagle Club Dormitory rides her bicycle away from 'work', past a postbox. She is cycling to her allotment on Kensington Gardens, so it is possible that this Eagle Club is somewhere in the Kensington area of...

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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

    German Prisoners of War sit at tables to read books, magazines and newspapers in a Nissen hut which is being used as a reading room at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The walls of the hut are covered with photographs and murals.

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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    A general view of the paint shop at a car factory, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, the vehicle on the left in a spray booth "is starting on a 16-hour journey, will receive 3 coats of filler, 4 of primer, and 2 of cellulose, will...

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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    A worker at a car factory somewhere in Britain cleans and sub-assembles gears before they are installed in the gear box casing. According to the original caption, "nearly 900 people are employed in the gearbox machine and assembly shops of this factory".

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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    A worker at a car factory somewhere in Britain welds the inside joints of a car using an oxy-acetylene torch before the vehicle moves onto the main assembly lines.

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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

    A factory worker oversees the multidrilling of an engine block at a car factory, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, "at this works all power units are produced, assembled and tested in one section, which employs over 1,000 people...

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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

    A scientist in the research department of a car factory somewhere in Britain operates apparatus known as a 'wear and lubricant testing machine'. According to the original caption: "There are only three more like it in the world. It is used for...

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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    A newly-constructed car is tested in the cold room of a car factory, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption "it has been exposed to sub-zero temperature conditions for three days. Engine startability tests are carried out and...

  • BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945 BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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    Workers lower the body of a light van onto the chassis at a car factory, somewhere in Britain. The wheels are already fixed onto the chassis.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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

    German Prisoners of War listen to a concert put on by some of their fellow prisoners on the stage at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. Instruments include a guitar, accordion, violin and piano. The backcloth of the stage is decorated with foil stars...

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942

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

    Belgian paratroopers in training at Ringway, near Manchester. The photograph shows them dropping through a wooden frame with a central chute through which each man must jump on command. This apparatus helps them to learn to fall in an erect position:...

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942

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    A Belgian sentry on duty, probably near Ringway, Manchester.

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942

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    Belgian paratroops exercise as part of their parachute training at Ringway. Here, trainees act as a substitute vaulting horse for their colleague as he does 'flying angel' jumps over them.

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    Students on a pre-nursing training course, which they are taking as part of their last year at elementary school stand at the side of a swimming pool and watch treatment for congenital dislocation of the hip, which is underway in the water. A nurse is...

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    Girls in their last year of school learn 'the delicate art of poulticing' as part of their pre-nursing training. The photograph shows a group of young women listening intently to a nurse as she explains poultices to them in the school kitchen.

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    Girls who are undergoing pre-nursing training in their final year of elementary school listen to a nurse as she demonstrates the use of a spinal cradle on a hospital visit, undertaken as part of their training.

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    Girls in their last year of school learn 'the delicate art of poulticing' as part of their pre-nursing training. The photograph shows a large class of young women listening to a lecture by nurses about poultices in the school kitchen.

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    Girls in their last year of school learn 'the delicate art of poulticing' as part of their pre-nursing training. The photograph shows a large class of young women listen as a nurse demonstrates how to make a poultice during a lecture in the school...

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942

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    A Belgian paratrooper practices landing as part of his training at Ringway, near Manchester.

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, CHESHIRE, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, CHESHIRE, 1942

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    Belgian paratroops exercise as part of their parachute training at Ringway. Here, trainees act as a substitute vaulting horse for their colleague as he performs 'flying angel' jumps over them.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    German Prisoners of War sit at tables to read in the hut used as a reading room at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    A farmer talks to two German Prisoners of War who are working for him on his farm near to the PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The farmer has two horses beside him. The PoWs are wearing rubber 'sleeves' over their boots, to protect their legs and feet...

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    A group of German Prisoners of War read as they sit around the inside edge of a bell tent at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The large central pole which holds the tent up can be clearly seen.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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

    A German Prisoner of War kneels to receive Communion as the priest raises his arm in blessing during a Catholic Service at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The photograph is taken looking down the aisle of the hut which serves as a church, showing...

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    A German Prisoner of War conducts as the PoW choir sing in the recreation hut at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The hut appears to be decorated for Christmas: small fir branches are dotted around on the beams of the hut.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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

    German Prisoners of War inspect displays in the information hut at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The man nearest the camera is is looking at a panel explaining the benefits of the English parliamentary system. Part of the curved ceiling for the...

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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

    Lieutenant Colonel Faulk addresses German Prisoners of War in their recreation hut at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    Two German Prisoners of War read the newspaper in the Nissen hut used as a reading room at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. The walls of the hut are decorated with photographs, murals and the covers of magazines, such as 'Picture Post'.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    German Prisoners of War inspect a model of a rehousing scheme they have planned and built for an exhibition on German housing at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain.

  • GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945 GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT A GERMAN POW CAMP, UK, 1945

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    A German Prisoner of War reads a newspaper in the Nissen hut used as a reading room at a PoW camp, somewhere in Britain. Behind him, several other men can be seen. The walls of the hut have been decorated with photographs and murals.

  • ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN ITALIAN POW CAMP, ENGLAND, UK, 1945 ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN ITALIAN POW CAMP, ENGLAND, 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 infirmary at the N.144 workers camp near London, showing Italian PoWs in their hospital beds.

  • EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURE AT ASHWELL MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL, NEAR BALDOCK, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1942 EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURE AT ASHWELL MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL, NEAR BALDOCK, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1942

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    Martin Whitby sits in a small stool to milk the school goat as Mary Sheddrick holds the animal steady on a lead in the grounds of Ashwell Merchant Taylors School near Baldock.

  • ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN ITALIAN POW CAMP, ENGLAND, UK, 1945 ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN ITALIAN POW CAMP, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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    Camp doctor Lieutenant Dr Salvatore Cirillo reads as he sits in a chair beside his bed at the N.144 workers camp near London. Beside him, on a small side table, is a model of an aircraft.

  • WOMEN'S WAR WORK: LIFE IN A SHELL FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1942 WOMEN'S WAR WORK: LIFE IN A SHELL FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1942

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    Women add the finishing touches to 2000lb bombs at a factory somewhere in Yorkshire.

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    As part of her physiology class, 18 year old Anne MacDermott examines the nerve centre of a frog under a microscope.

  • SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942 SCHOOLGIRL INTO NURSE: MEDICAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN, 1942

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    In the early stages of their pre-nursing training, a group of young women learn about anatomy in a lecture hall, somewhere in Britain.

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942

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

    Belgian paratroopers in training at Ringway, near Manchester. The photograph shows them dropping through a wooden frame with a central chute through which each man must jump on command. This apparatus helps them to learn to fall in an erect position:...

  • BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942 BELGIANS TRAIN IN ENGLAND: PARACHUTE TRAINING AT RINGWAY, NEAR MANCHESTER, 1942

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    A Belgian paratrooper does 'flying angel' jumps over a wooden horse as part of his 'limbering up exercises during parachute training at Ringway. Two other soldiers lie next to the horse to increase the distance jumped.

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