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• AERO FACTORY GIRLS: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, MARCH 1942

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

  Two women workers sit inside the cockpit of an aircraft as they wire up the pilot's instrument panel, at a factory somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, one woman is a GTC (Government Training Centre) trainee, and the other has been...

• VERA LYNN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

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

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Two gardening Chelsea Pensioners compare produce in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner on the right has an artificial arm with hook. The original caption states that the photograph was taken during the annual garden competition:...

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Chelsea Pensioners enjoy a game of bowls in the sunshine, probably in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Three Chelsea Pensioners work on their gardens in the sunshine at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner in the foreground has an artificial right arm, with hook. The original caption states that "any pensioners who like, may have their own gardens...

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, 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 part of the interior of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, showing one of the 200 foot long 'Long Wards'. Along the right hand side of the photograph can be seen the berths or cubicles in which the Pensioners live. When designed by Wren, the...

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, 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 South front of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with cannon from past campaigns lined up in the foreground.

• BELGIAN AIR TRAINING SCHOOL IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AT SNAILWELL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Belgian trainees at work on a Hercules engine at the Belgian Air Training School at Snailwell.

• BELGIAN AIR TRAINING SCHOOL IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AT SNAILWELL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Belgian trainees at work repairing and maintaining a Bristol Beaufighter at the Belgian Air Training School at Snailwell.

• SOLDIERS WORKING ON THE LAND: HELPING WITH THE HARVEST, UK, JULY 1945

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

  Three British soldiers helping with the harvest make stooks of wheat in the sunshine, somewhere in Britain. The solider in the centre appears to be from the Welch Regiment.