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• 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: A woman working at a Capstan lathe turning a part needed for a 17 pounder anti-tank gun.

• 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: A woman working on the breech ring of the barrel of a heavy gun.

• 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: Work being carried out on a 6 pounder twin coastal artillery gun. Workers in a Ministry of Supply ordnance factory aligning the sights of the gun in elevation.

• 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: A woman worker tying bags of explosives.

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  HM King George VI talks to a female machine operator during a royal visit to the Leyland factory.

• WORKERS' WELFARE AT A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Off-duty women war workers choose books from the library at the residential club that is provided for them at their munitions factory hostel, probably ROF Bridgend. A poster behind them states that Warship Week runs from 15-22 November.

• WORKERS' WELFARE AT A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Off-duty war workers relax in armchairs and have a sing-song at the residential club that is provided for them at their munitions factory hostel, probably ROF Bridgend. One woman plays a piano accompaniment.

• WORKERS' WELFARE AT A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Women war workers queue for a meal at the serving hatch in the canteen of the residential club that is provided for them at their munitions factory hostel, probably ROF Bridgend.

• VERA LYNN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Vera Lynn stands with a large group of munitions workers following a lunchtime concert at a factory, somewhere in Britain. She is holding a bouquet of flowers and smiling for the camera.

• MUNITIONS GIRLS MEET THE MEN WHO FIRE THEIR SHELLS: MINISTRY OF SUPPLY WORKERS VISIT A DESTROYER, UK

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

  Munitions workers Marion Griffiths (right) and Betty Evans take afternoon tea with a group of naval ratings on the ratings mess deck during their visit to a destroyer, somewhere in Britain. Marion and Betty were taken on a surprise tour of the destroyer...

• HM KING GEORGE VI VISITS A STEEL HELMET AND MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK

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

  HM King George VI talks to workers as they make helmets at a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• SHELL AND CARTRIDGE CASE PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UK

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

  Factory workers operate a shell case machine at a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• SHELL AND CARTRIDGE CASE PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UK

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

  A female worker operates a cartridge case machine by using a push button situated at the side of the machine at a factory somewhere in Britain.

• MATILDA TANK PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UK

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

  A general view of a busy Matilda tank assembly line, at a factory somewhere in Britain.

• HM KING GEORGE VI VISITS A STEEL HELMET AND MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK

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

  A row of female factory workers cheer and wave HM King George VI at the end of his visit to their factory, somewhere in Britain.

• HM KING GEORGE VI VISITS A STEEL HELMET AND MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK

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

  HM King George VI examines piles of steel helmets in various stages of manufacture during a visit to a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• HM KING GEORGE VI VISITS A STEEL HELMET AND MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK

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

  HM King George VI examines piles of plastic helmets in various stages of manufacture during a visit to a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• HM KING GEORGE VI VISITS A STEEL HELMET AND MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK

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

  HM King George VI laughs as he examines equipment during a visit to a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• MATILDA TANK PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UK

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

  Miss Miriam Weston shakes hands with Major General J S Crawford as she and her brothers Gary and Grainger Weston present him with a Matilda tank outside a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• MUNITIONS GIRLS MEET THE MEN WHO FIRE THEIR SHELLS: MINISTRY OF SUPPLY WORKERS VISIT A DESTROYER, UK

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

  Munitions workers Marion Griffiths and Betty Evans stand with a Royal Navy gun crew on the pom-pom deck of a destroyer, somewhere in Britain. Marion and Betty were taken on a surprise tour of the destroyer after discovering that the shells which they...