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• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Drennan A (Sergeant)

  Sergeant Maurice Bass, supervising non-commissioned officer at the NAAFI Postal Records Headquarters, Abassia, near Cairo, overseas the packing of 'Voices of the Forces' discs in metal containers ready for transportation to the United Kingdom. On the...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER, MINISTRY OF MINES SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Factory Entertainments and Visits: Coal miners, on a trip to an armament factory, looking through the barrels of 5.25 inch anti-aircraft guns.

• THE ITALIAN DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST BRITAIN AND FRANCE, 1940

  part of "GROSS DEUTSCHLAND IM WELTGESCHEHEN: TAGESBILDBERICHTE [HEINRICH HOFFMANN]" (photographs) Made by: Heinrich Hoffmann

  Germans greet the news that Italy has declared war on Britain and France enthusiastically in June 1940.

• WEST INDIANS IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  West Indian Labour Force in Britain: A group of Jamaican technicians, who had recently arrived in Britain, leave buses outside West India House.

• 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.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  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...

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  Three children eat American cheese sandwiches at an emergency feeding centre in Liverpool. Behind them, a man can be seen cooking at a Soyer boiler or field cooker. One girl is laughing as she eats.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  Five children eat American cheese sandwiches at an open-air emergency feeding centre in Liverpool. Behind them, a man can be seen cooking at one of several Soyer boilers or field cookers, available for use by civilians in the area.

• THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT, APRIL - JUNE 1982

  part of "UNITED KINGDOM LAND FORCES COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hudson, Ronald (Sergeant) British Army official photographer

  Troops of 3 Commando Brigade and their supporting Army units line the side of the P & O liner CANBERRA as she docks at Southampton on returning from the Falkland Islands. The troops have slung numerous banners over the rails with messages for the...

• "VICTORY V" DISHES AT A LONDON INN: EATING OUT IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, c 1942

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

  A waitress at the the 'Quality Inn' on Regent Street collects a 'Victory Dish' from the serving ledge as cooks work behind her. Two posters explaining these meals can be seen on the ledge. According to the original caption: "'Victory V' dishes [are]...