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• 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.

• "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]...

• MINISTRY OF FOOD RECOMMENDED EMERGENCY FOOD STORE FOR ONE PERSON, AUGUST 1942

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

  An emergency larder for one person as suggested by the Ministry of Food. Included are flour, baked beans, coffee, evaporated milk and rice.

• AMERICAN CANNED FOOD BEING EATEN IN LONDON, ENGLAND,UK, 1941

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

  Dock workers give the thumbs up and 'V' signs as they lunch on American canned meat at a London Dockworkers Canteen.