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• WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT 1939 - 1945

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

  Women in Industry: Six women painters at work on a Ministry of Supply site, where houses were being built for arms workers.

• WAR INDUSTRY: STEN GUN PRODUCTION, UK, c 1942

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  Mrs Wardle makes Sten gun parts at an ordnance factory somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY: STEN GUN PRODUCTION, UK, c 1942

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

  Mrs Penny Ferringer wears protective goggles as she works on a grinder at an ordnance factory, somewhere in Britain.

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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  Sergeant T Baxter helps workers to fill a bomb during a visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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  A Royal Air Force officer joins women war workers at a bench as he attempts to make exploder pellets during a visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain. He is wearing a mob cap on his head, similar to those worn by the women, although it looks...

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  A large crowd of war workers and several men of the Royal Air Force (barely visible in the crowd) smile and wave for the camera following the RAF visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• RAF CREWS VISIT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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  Three members of a Royal Air Force bomber crew watch anti-aircraft shells being made by women war workers during a visit to a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WEST INDIANS IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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  West Indian aid to Britain: The people of Jamaica supply a Crusader tank to Britain: Lieutenant Colonel Yeo (left, from the War Office) and Major General J S Crawford (Deputy Director General of Fighting Vehicle Production) at the hand-over of the tank...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Factory canteens: Behind the counter of a Royal Ordnance factory canteen, women prepare to serve dinners.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Factory Canteens: A Ministry of Supply factory canteen. Cafeterias of this kind provided good quality, low priced food for thousands of workers each day.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Production Drives and Posters: An exhibition at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Radway Green, near Alsager, Cheshire aiming to increase production. The gun turret from a bomber is on display, bearing the notice 'It needs the ammunition we make'.

• VERA LYNN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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  Vera Lynn sings to workers during a lunchtime concert at a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Factory Entertainments and Visits: Gracie Fields helping two women workers stamp a shell case at an ordnance factory. She was visiting in order to give a Ministry of Labour 'Munitions Concert' which was organised by ENSA [Entertainments National Service...

• LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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  Wartime Entertainers: The singer Vera Lynn, who became so popular with British servicemen that she was known as the 'Forces Sweetheart' sings to workers during their lunch break at a factory in the south of England.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: The main assembly shop of a Midlands Ministry of Supply factory which was mass producing Covenanter tanks.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: The top plate of the hull of a Mark IV Humber armoured car being ground by a worker in a Ministry of Supply factory. The opening in which the turret is fitted must be exact to within a thousandth of an inch.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  The Wartime Workforce: Four trainees at a Government munitions training factory using protractors during a plan drawing lesson. Ministry of Labour Training Centres had been in operation since the 1920s, but during the war it became necessary to expand...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  The Wartime Workforce: 'Ginger' the youngest worker at a Ministry of Supply factory, working on predictor equipment for an anti-aircraft detachment.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Munitions production: Fuses being assembled in a die casting factory. This work was carried out almost exclusively by women.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  The Wartime Workforce: A woman war worker with refugee status assembles voltmeters and ammeters in a converted showroom in the Paddington area of London.