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• SALVAGE IN WARTIME BRITAIN: BOY SCOUTS VISIT A PAPER MILL, UK, 1943

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

  A group of Boy Scouts from Eton College examine the pulping machine during their visit to a paper mill, somewhere in Britain. Members of the Boy Scout Movement played a huge part in the paper salvage campaigns across the country during the War.

• SALVAGE IN WARTIME BRITAIN: BOY SCOUTS VISIT A PAPER MILL, UK, 1943

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

  A group of Boy Scouts from Eton College examine a pile of boards which have been made from waste paper during their visit to a paper mill, somewhere in Britain. Members of the Boy Scout Movement played a huge part in the paper salvage campaigns across...

• SALVAGE IN WARTIME BRITAIN: BOY SCOUTS VISIT A PAPER MILL, UK, 1943

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

  A group of Boy Scouts from Eton College walk between piles of salvaged materials during their visit to a paper mill, somewhere in Britain. Members of the Boy Scout Movement played a huge part in the paper salvage campaigns across the country during the...

• SALVAGE IN WARTIME BRITAIN: BOY SCOUTS VISIT A PAPER MILL, UK, 1943

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

  A group of Boy Scouts from Eton College are shown cartridge wads during their visit to a paper mill, somewhere in Britain. Members of the Boy Scout Movement played a huge part in the paper salvage campaigns across the country during the War.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  Munitions worker, E H Jobbems, weighs out boxes of .303 shells at a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  A munitions worker weighs out fuse powder at a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  Female munitions workers weigh out the ingredients for fuse powder at a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  A munitions workers weighs 20mm shells at a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  A group of women sort brass discs at a factory, somewhere in Britain. These discs will be used in the manufacture of cannon shells.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  Female munitions workers weigh fuses at a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain.

• BILLY BUTLIN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Mr Butlin collects a meal from the serving hatch in the canteen of a munitions factory hostel, somewhere in Britain. Female workers queue behind him to collect their lunch.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  Factory worker Henry Fenton puts copper sheets into racks at a rolling mill, somewhere in Britain.

• BILLY BUTLIN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Mr Butlin, centre, plays a game of darts with workers during a visit to a munitions factory hostel, somewhere in Britain.

• MRS CHURCHILL VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY HOSTEL, UK, 1941

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

  Mrs Churchill enjoys a dance during a visit to a residential club for female munitions factory workers, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY: DIAMONDS IN WAR USE, UK, c 1942

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

  A diamond specialist examines the quality of a diamond at a factory, somewhere in Britain. Diamonds are used in precision machinery, such as drills.

• WAR INDUSTRY: DIAMONDS IN WAR USE, UK, c 1942

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

  A diamond specialist examines the quality of diamonds at a factory, somewhere in Britain. Diamonds are used in precision machinery, such as drills.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, c 1942

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

  Miss Dorothy Hargreaves works a surface grinder at a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, 1941

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

  A general view of women engaged in shell production at a factory, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, they are "heading shell cases".

• WAR INDUSTRY, UK, 1941

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

  Women work draw presses at a shell factory, somewhere in Britain.

• LIFE IN A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY HOSTEL, UK, c 1942

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

  Off-duty munitions workers make use of the laundry facilities in their munitions factory hostel.