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• LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  Wartime Entertainers: The singer Vera Lynn, who became so popular with British servicemen that she was known as the 'Forces Sweetheart' sings to workers during their lunch break at a factory in the south of England.

• WORKERS' WELFARE AT A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Off-duty war workers relax in armchairs and have a sing-song at the residential club that is provided for them at their munitions factory hostel, probably ROF Bridgend. One woman plays a piano accompaniment.

• VERA LYNN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Vera Lynn stands with a large group of munitions workers following a lunchtime concert at a factory, somewhere in Britain. She is holding a bouquet of flowers and smiling for the camera.

• GRACIE FIELDS SINGS AT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Singer Gracie Fields stands on a grand piano as she sings to a huge crowd of munitions workers during a performance at an ordnance factory, somewhere in Britain, possibly ROF Kirkby in Liverpool. The workers are densely packed into the room in which the...

• GRACIE FIELDS SINGS AT A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Singer Gracie Fields stands on a grand piano as she sings to a crowd of munitions workers during a performance at an ordnance factory, somewhere in Britain, possibly ROF Kirkby in Liverpool. A drum kit can be seen to the right of the photograph, and a...

• CARROLL GIBBONS ENTERTAINS WAR WORKERS, UK, c 1942

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

  Pianist Carroll Gibbons sits at a grand piano on a stage as he plays a concert for war workers at a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• THE FACTORY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS IN THE WORKS CANTEEN, UK, 1942

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

  War workers enjoy their lunchtime meal as they listen to a concert given by the factory orchestra in the canteen of a factory, somewhere in Britain. Amongst the instruments being played are a grand piano, a double bass, and violins.

• THE FACTORY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS IN THE WORKS CANTEEN, UK, 1942

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

  The factory orchestra gives a concert as war workers eat their lunchtime meal in the canteen of a factory, somewhere in Britain. Amongst the instruments being played are a grand piano, a double bass, a saxophone, a clarinet and drums.

• WORKERS' WELFARE AT A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, UK, 1942

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

  War workers enjoy their lunchtime meal as members of the factory band perform a concert in the canteen of a Royal Ordnance Factory, somewhere in Britain. The orchestra includes: accordion, violins, double bass, clarinet, trumpet and drums.

• WAR INDUSTRY: PRODUCTION DRIVE EXHIBITION AT ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY RADWAY GREEN, ALSAGER, CHESHIRE, UK, 1943

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

  A banner reading 'Victory begins in this Factory' flies over the Proscenium arch of the stage in the canteen at ROF Radway Green, as workers listen to an address given by MP Duncan Sandys, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply. Also on the...