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• 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

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  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

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  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.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  The Wartime Workforce: Skilled workers who formed a Ministry of Supply mobile industrial 'flying squad' leaving London armed with their own tools, to assist a factory in the north east.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Welfare and Personnel Management: Welfare officers, who offered legal, personal and financial advice to factory employees.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Welfare and Personnel Management: A doctor examins the hands of munitions workers.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  The Building Industry: The war-time building programme: women working as bricklayers' labourers.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  The Chemical Industry: At a Ministry of Supply factory, women produced explosives, dyes, fertilisers, plastics, drugs and the hundreds of other chemicals needed for war. Miss Arnold preparing a chemical solution in the factory's laboratory.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Munitions production: Production at some factories was hit by war-time bombing. On 3 March 1945 a rocket bomb made a direct hit on the Dunlop Rubber Company at Edmonton in north London. This started a fire which burnt down buildings where clothing for...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  Munitions production: Ministry of Supply riveter, John Lewis, engaged in the production of a 5.5 inch howitzer. He is shown piecing together the cradle of the gun.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  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

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

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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  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

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  Munitions production: A woman worker tying bags of explosives.

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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

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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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...

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

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  Munitions worker Marion Griffiths is helped by a naval rating aboard the destroyer she is visiting with fellow worker Betty Evans (not pictured). An officer stands behind her. Marion and Betty were taken on a surprise tour of the destroyer after...

• BARREL SETTING AT A SMALL ARMS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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  Women work at a barrel setting machine at a small arms factory, somewhere in Britain.

• BARREL SETTING AT A SMALL ARMS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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  Young men at work in the barrel setting shop of a small arms factory, somewhere in Britain.

• FEMALE BUILDERS AT WORK, UK, 1941

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  Two female builders carry hods of bricks on a building site, somewhere in Britain.

• THE PRODUCTION OF TANKS FOR RUSSIA, SMETHWICK, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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  Russian Ambassador Ivan Maisky addresses workers at a tank factory in Smethwick, during 'Tanks for Russia' week. A Valentine tank which has been produced at the factory can be seen behind him.

• FEMALE BUILDERS AT WORK, UK, 1941

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  A group of female builders sit on a horse-drawn cart with some of their male colleagues on a building site, somewhere in Britain. They are listening to an address being given by a Colonel of the Royal Engineers, just back from Malta (not pictured).

• FEMALE BUILDERS AT WORK, UK, 1941

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  A female builder smiles for the camera as she carries large timbers on her shoulder, on a building site somewhere Britain.

• THE PRODUCTION OF TANKS FOR RUSSIA, SMETHWICK, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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  Factory workers ride on Valentine tanks as they leave a factory in Smethwick. A notice propped on the front of the tanks reads "All Help for Russia Now". The workers are holding a Union flag and a Russian flag and many have their fists raised in a...

• THE PRODUCTION OF TANKS FOR RUSSIA, SMETHWICK, STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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  Factory workers ride on Valentine tanks as they leave a factory in Smethwick. The notice on the front of the tanks reads "Tanks for Russia Week. Every Second Counts!". Chalked on the side of the tank (on the left hand side of the photograph) are the...

• MUNITION TRAINEES TRAVEL HOME, UK, 1941

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  A group of female munition trainees queue to climb into the 'shooting brake' estate car which will drive them home from work. They are all holding handbags or haversacks and gas masks.