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• ANGLO-AMERICAN RECIPROCAL AID: US ARMY HOSPITAL IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  Patients at this American Army Hospital, somewhere in the South East of England, queue for a meal beside the dining table in their self-service cafeteria. All are wearing pyjamas and dressing gowns, and some hold their plates ready to collect their meal...

• UNDER FIRE - AS A REWARD: MORTAR BOMB PRODUCTION AND TESTING AT J & F POOL'S NO 1 WORKS, HAYLE, CORNWALL, ENGLAND, 1943

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

  Workers at the small factory of J & F Pool Ltd operate lathes to bore and face the nose ends of mortar bombs. This is the first operation carried out after delivery of rough castings from the foundry. A pile of rough castings can be seen in the...

• UNDER FIRE - AS A REWARD: MORTAR BOMB PRODUCTION AND TESTING AT J & F POOL'S NO 1 WORKS, HAYLE, CORNWALL, ENGLAND, 1943

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

  A director, possibly Mr Franklyn Pool, of J & F Pool Ltd reads a telegram from the Ministry of Supply to the workers gathered on the factory floor, congratulating them on the production of their 1 millionth mortar bomb.

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  A striking portrait of engineers at work in the wind tunnel at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood. They are preparing to test a model of a Halifax to see the effect that the opening of the bomb doors has on the aircraft.

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  A wide view of the Drawing Office at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood, showing rows of people at work at their drawing boards to translate the initial design of the Halifax into plans and blue prints for each of the individual parts.

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  Men at work in the main storeroom at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood. The shelves are like a grid system in this huge warehouse and are full of all the different parts that are needed to build the aircraft. In the background, two men are...

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  Women at work in the machine shop of the Handley Page aircraft factory at Cricklewood.

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  Factory workers at work on different parts of a Halifax bomber, at various stages of production at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood. On the right, the 'ribs' of part of the skeleton can be seen, whilst behind and to the centre of the photograph,...

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  Aircraft workers construct part of the fuselage of a Halifax bomber at the Handley Page factory in Cricklewood.

• BIRTH OF A BOMBER: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1942

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

  Mrs Peggy Tompkins sits at a drawing board and marks on the centre of gravity for various aircraft parts, at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood. Several other women can also be seen at work in the Drawing Office.