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• THE AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICE IN LONDON, 1941

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

  Group photograph of men serving with the Auxiliary Fire Service in London. Second from right, in the back row, is Fernando Henriques from Jamaica, who later won a scholarship to Oxford University, gained a PhD and went on to lecture in social...

• Bells! A Unit of the National Fire Service Answering a Call

  (art) Made by: Abrahams, Enid

  image: A view from above of firemen running to answer a call. Some are running towards the fire engines with their equipment, others are pulling the covers off the vehicles.

• Women! You are Needed in the National Fire Service

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title is partially integrated and placed across the top edge in white cursive script, and separate and placed in the lower third, in orange. The text is separate and positioned in the lower...

• Serve by his Side for Victory

  (posters) Made by: Speers, Tony (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title integrated and positioned in the upper left and centre right, in red. The text is integrated and placed across the bottom edge, also in red. The badge of the National Fire Service is positioned in the...

• Fire Guard Training School : The Smoke Test

  (art) Made by: Wright, W Matvyn 1943

  image: A group of eight men in civilian dress to the left and centre are practising fire-fighting. This practice is being directed towards the opening of a corrugated iron shed marked 'Smoke Test' from which black smoke is emerging. Some of the group are...

• EXERCISE JANTZEN [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Army Kinematograph Service (Production company) 1943-07-22

  Four-reel edited film with commentary and animated maps describing Exercise Jantzen, a large-scale amphibious exercise on the Pembrokeshire coast in July 1943, aimed at practising the supply organisation for a corps landing, and discussing the lessons of...

• Women! You Are Needed in the National Fire Service

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image, accompanied by white text, is positioned in the upper half against a dark blue background. Below the image is a white band containing red text, with smaller text in white on a dark blue background set across the bottom. image: the head...

• Civil Defence and Comforts Fund Certificate

  (art) Made by: Ginger, Phyllis

  whole: the design is positioned in the centre of the page surrounded by a plain border. There is an image on the left edge of the page, continuing along the top of the sheet. A smaller image is placed in the lower right corner. There is a column of ten...

• Artwork for Civil Defence and Comforts Fund Certificate

  (art) Made by: Ginger, Phyllis

  whole: the design is positioned in the centre of the page, surrounded by a plain border. There are nine lines of grey type in a column surrounded by coloured ink drawings. image 1: a nurse helping a child to an ambulance image 2: an ARP warden standing...

• Preparatory drawing for Wedgwood fire brigade plate design

  (art) Made by: Ginger, Phyllis

  image: a circular motif showing a group of firemen standing in a square next to a monument. In the background the building on the far side of the square has been severely bomb-damaged and consists of a portion of the facade standing amongst the rubble.