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• AERO FACTORY GIRLS: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, MARCH 1942

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

  Two women workers sit inside the cockpit of an aircraft as they wire up the pilot's instrument panel, at a factory somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, one woman is a GTC (Government Training Centre) trainee, and the other has been...

• CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: TYNESIDE SHIPYARDS, ENGLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beaton Cecil

  The end of the shift. Tens of workers, both male and female, having finished their work stream off a large vessel and through the shipyard.

• 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.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN BY WORKERS IN THE FACTORIES OF ENGLAND, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  Cotton workers eat their midday lunch of American cheese amongst the bales of cotton in their Lancashire factory. According to the original caption, American cotton is used in this mill and the marks of origin can be seen on the bales.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN BY WORKERS 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

  A demolition worker in Liverpool sucks a raw American egg as he rests on a wheelbarrow next to a smouldering fire.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN BY WORKERS 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

  A Liverpool dockyard worker enjoys a meal of American baked ham in a marquee, which is being used as a feeding centre. According to the original caption, the marquee seats 300 diners.

• 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 BY 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

  A young girl eats an American cheese sandwich at an emergency feeding centre in Liverpool.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN BY WORKERS IN ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  Dock workers take a break from unloading American Lend-Lease cheese from a ship to enjoy a lunch of American cheese sandwiches.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  A mother feeds her baby on re-hydrated American dried milk in the garden of her home, somewhere in Britain. The child is being fed with a glass double-ended baby bottle.