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• THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT, APRIL - JUNE 1982

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

  Press photographers focus on Army press officers as they confer during a news conference on board the Cunard liner QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 as she returns to Britain from the Falkland Islands.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, KCB, DSO, broadcasting the Fleets Greetings from the cabin of his flagship HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH off Alexandria. He stated that "The Navy in the Mediterranean in the past year has fought and won against some pretty long odds...

• LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Mason H A (Lt)

  Wartime Entertainers: The British comedian Tommy Handley rehearses with actors from his ITMA show and the Royal Marines band during a visit to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow. ITMA (full title 'It's That Man Again') was one of the most popular radio shows...

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: McNeill, M H A (Lt)

  Inside the engine room of a Royal Navy destroyer, a BBC radio correspondent talks to three engine room artificers.

• WEST INDIES CALLING

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM FILM FRAMES COLLECTION"

  This image is a still taken from the film 'West Indies Calling' which is based upon a BBC broadcast whereby West Indians' living in Britain try to explain to the British public the West Indians' contribution to the Second World War. On the left of the...

• ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN BRITAIN: EVERYDAY LIFE AT AN ITALIAN POW CAMP, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  From a BBC studio, Italian Prisoners of War Maestro Aldo Morbio and Guido Leoni take part in the weekly broadcast 'The Camp Journal' reflecting life at the N.144 workers camp near London. One of the men is playing the accordion. Two women and several...

• EMPIRE - AND WORLD - PARTY: RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE OVERSEAS CLUB, ST JAMES'S LONDON, 1942

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

  Mrs K C Roy listens to the broadcast from the Hall of India at the Overseas Club. Mrs Roy is from Bengal and has a son who is an officer in the Army. Behind her, a group of West African technicians can be seen, enjoying the entertainment.

• EMPIRE - AND WORLD - PARTY: RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE OVERSEAS CLUB, ST JAMES'S, LONDON, 1942

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

  A wide view showing proceedings at the Overseas Club in London. In the foreground and slightly to the left are the audience, and the band are on the left hand side of the photograph, with saxophone and trombone players clearly visible. In the...

• EMPIRE - AND WORLD - PARTY: RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE OVERSEAS CLUB, ST JAMES'S LONDON, 1942

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

  A group of two Americans and two Britons listen to the broadcast from the Hall of India at the Overseas Club. Left to right they are: ACW2 Patricia Graham WAAF (from, Ripley, Hampshire), Corporal H Bielski (standing, from Rapid City, South Dakota), ACW2...

• EMPIRE - AND WORLD - PARTY: RADIO BROADCAST FROM THE OVERSEAS CLUB, ST JAMES'S LONDON, 1942

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

  Technicians from West Africa are amongst those enjoying the broadcast from the Hall of India at the Overseas Club in London. Many civilian women can also be seen sitting around tables to listen to the music and quiz.