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• The Tube: October 1940

  (art) Made by: Topolski, Feliks 1940-10-01

  image: The interior of Leicester Square underground station with figures lying asleep on the floor of the station platform. There is a large man sitting smoking a pipe in the foreground, and several ARP wardens wearing helmets standing further down the...

• The City : A fallen lift shaft

  (art) Made by: Sutherland, Graham (OM) 1941

  image: bomb damaged buildings and twisted girders set against smoke and an evening sky.

• HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Imperial War Museum official photographer

  Air raid damage to the Imperial War Museum's Naval Gallery in Lambeth Road, London, 31 Jan 1941.

• Private Papers of Mrs E M Kup

  (private papers) Made by: Kup, Edith Mary

  Well-written ms memoir (99pp) of her service in the WAAF (September 1939 - December 1945) with the ultimate rank of Section Officer, covering her enrolment and training at RAF Yeadon, Yorkshire (October - November 1939), duties as an MT Driver and RDF...

• Post Office Buildings

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA)

  image: a bomb site in the foreground with steel girders sticking up out of the rubble. In the background buildings remain standing, however men can be seen at work securing the building on the right.

• BLITZ CANTEEN: WOMEN OF THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICE RUN A MOBILE CANTEEN IN LONDON, ENGLAND, 1941

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

  Patience 'Boo' Brand fills a large saucepan with water from the urn on board the mobile canteen that she and her friend run on behalf of the Women's Voluntary Service, as men of the Pioneer Corps gather outside. In front of her, another urn and stacks...

• AIR RAID SHELTER UNDER THE RAILWAY ARCHES, SOUTH EAST LONDON, ENGLAND, 1940

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

  A female shelterer fills her kettle with water from one of several taps and sinks which are available for use by those staying in this shelter under the railway arches, somewhere in South East London. The water is used both for drinking and for washing...

• MTC GIRLS FOR AMERICA: WOMEN OF THE MECHANISED TRANSPORT CORPS AT WORK, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1940

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

  Miss Winifred Ashford points something out to an Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Warden with a clipboard, as Mrs Pat Macleod looks on. The Warden is based at Paddington ARP station. Behind them can be seen an empty space that once held houses before they...

• MTC GIRLS FOR AMERICA: WOMEN OF THE MECHANISED TRANSPORT CORPS AT WORK, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1940

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

  Miss Winifred Ashford and Mrs Pat Macleod enjoy a cup of tea beside their mobile canteen amongst rubble and other debris. In the background, St. James's Church, Paddington, can be seen. The spire of the church is shrouded in scaffolding, as it was...

• INVASION VILLAGE: EVERYDAY LIFE IN ORFORD, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND, 1941

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

  A group of children enjoy a meal in the village communal kitchen, or British Restaurant, in Orford. This purely functional venue has been brightened up with several bunches of flowers.