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• CIVIL DEFENCE REMOTE BREATHING APPARATUS, UK, 1943

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

  Men of a Civil Defence Heavy Rescue team demonstrate the use of remote breathing apparatus. One man wears a civilian duty respirator, which is attached by a long piece of rubber tubing to the oxygen pack which is carried by the second man. This second...

• BATTLE HQ OF NFS: THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE LONDON REGION FIRE CONTROL ROOM, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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

  A general view showing women at work in the Number 5 Region (London) National Fire Service control room. On the left of the photograph, a row of message telephonists sit at booths. On the right of the photographs, the wall is lined with indicator...

• BATTLE HQ OF NFS: THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE LONDON REGION FIRE CONTROL ROOM, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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

  A firewoman plots the movement of fire-fighting appliances on an indicator board in the Number 5 Region (London) National Fire Service control room. This board shows the number of appliance available in any area at any given moment.

• BATTLE HQ OF NFS: THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE LONDON REGION FIRE CONTROL ROOM, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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

  A National Fire Service switchboard operator in action at the NFS London Region headquarters. According to the original caption "This switchboard is the nerve centre through which the operations officer receives reports of fires and the progress of...

• BATTLE HQ OF NFS: THE NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE LONDON REGION FIRE CONTROL ROOM, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

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

  National Fire Service switchboard operators in action at the NFS London Region headquarters. According to the original caption "This switchboard is the nerve centre through which the operations officer receives reports of fires and the progress of...

• TESTING THE STRENGTH OF A CIVILIAN STEEL HELMET: RESEARCH AT THE MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY RESEARCH LABORATORIES, OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  A scientist at the Ministry of Home Security Research Laboratories in Oxford tests a civilian steel helmet by firing at it with a shrapnel ball. A selection of further helmets to be tested can be seen on the table to the right of the photograph. The...

• WOMEN'S FIRE GUARD IN ACTION, BIRMINGHAM, WARWICKSHIRE, UK, 1942

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

  Members of the Women's Fire Guard in action with hoses at the factory of Boxfoldia Ltd. in Bournbrook, Birmingham. Boxfoldia Ltd produces cardboard packaging for the food industry, so an effective Fire Guard is extremely important at this factory.

• MORRISON SHELTER STANDS UP TO DIRECT HIT IN YORK BLITZ, YORK, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1942

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

  Mr McGregor stands amidst the debris of his house, following a Baedeker Raid on York. The Morrison shelter which saved his life, and the life of his wife and lodger is visible under rubble to the right of the photograph.

• THE MANY USES OF A MORRISON SHELTER, UK, 1941

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

  A man and woman play table tennis in their 'refuge room', using their Morrison shelter as the table. A net has been stretched across the centre of the top of the shelter. Another man can be seen in the foreground, sitting on a sofa reading a newspaper.

• THE MANY USES OF A MORRISON SHELTER, UK, 1941

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

  Four women and a man sit in their 'refuge room', using their Morrison shelter as a table. They have covered the surface of the shelter with a table cloth and are enjoying a spot of afternoon tea.