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• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Welfare and Personnel Management: A doctor examins the hands of munitions workers.

• 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 nurse feeds a spoonful of boiled egg to a baby in a hospital bed, somewhere in Britain. The egg and the cup of (re-hydrated dried) milk which can be seen on the bed have come to Britain from America under the Lend-Lease agreement.

• "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]...

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, UK, 1942

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

  Ministry of Food officials distribute bottles of American Orange Juice at Tottenham Day Nursery, 19 May 1942. Several children can be seen in the photograph, including a baby sitting on the counter.

• MINISTRY OF FOOD MEALS, UK, c 1943

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

  A young girl drinks a glass of milk as she sits on a sofa to read a book. Milk was seen as extremely important for the health of children, and priority for fresh milk in wartime was given to children: adults had to make do with powdered milk.

• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MINISTRY OF FOOD KITCHEN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1942

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

  Women at work in the Ministry of Food research kitchen in London. The aim of the kitchen is to develop recipes which make the absolute best use of produce available in wartime to ensure that the civilian population have the best possible wartime diet.

• FACTORY WELFARE: THE FACTORY SURGERY, UK, 1941

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

  A scene in the busy surgery at a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain. On the left, a nurse syringes a patient's ear. In the centre, a doctor examines a patient's eye. On the right, a nurse takes details from another patient.

• WAR INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF HYPODERMIC SYRINGES, UK, 1942

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

  Nursing Sister Christina Hobbs chats to a war worker during a visit to a factory, somewhere in Britain, which makes the hypodermic needles she uses in her work. During her visit to this factory, Nursing Sister Hobbs watched the needles being produced...

• WAR INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF HYPODERMIC SYRINGES, UK, 1942

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

  Nursing Sister Christina Hobbs chats to a war worker during a visit to a factory, somewhere in Britain, which makes the hypodermic needles she uses in her work. During her visit to this factory, Nursing Sister Hobbs watched the needles being produced...

• WAR INDUSTRY: WELFARE IN A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Newly-recruited munitions workers receive a medical examination prior to their entry into a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain.