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• CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: TYNESIDE SHIPYARDS, 1943

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

  The interior of the drawing office. Workers can be seen concentrating on various plans.

• 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.

• BABY'S LIFE SAVING COT DESIGNED BY NURSE AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Sister Mary Williams holds an oxygen tube to the nose of a young baby as she demonstrates the new cot she has designed at Middlesex Hospital, London. The cot is a 'box' on a stand and is leaning at a 45 degree angle: it can be laid flat. An oxygen...

• BABY'S LIFE SAVING COT DESIGNED BY NURSE AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Sister Mary Williams holds a young baby as she prepares to demonstrate the new cot she has designed at Middlesex Hospital, London. The cot is a 'box' on a stand and is leaning at a 45 degree angle: it can be laid flat. An oxygen cannister can be seen...

• BABY'S LIFE SAVING COT DESIGNED BY NURSE AT MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Sister Mary Williams places a young baby into the new cot she has designed at Middlesex Hospital, London. The cot is a 'box' on a stand and is leaning at a 45 degree angle: it can be laid flat. An oxygen cannister can be seen on the lower part of the...

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

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

  A newly-built locomotive leaves the erection shop of a large locomotive works somewhere in Britain to be tested. According to the original caption, the "track consists of different gauges because the plant builds locomotives for railways all over the...

• THE BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING INDUSTRY: THE PRODUCTION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, UK, 1945

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

  A striking photograph of a completed South African Railways 15F class locomotive being steam tested at a large locomotive works, somewhere in Britain. The engine has all cylinder joints tested under full boiler pressure.

• BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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

  A car is tested for waterproofing at a factory, somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, "the artificial downpour exceeds the heaviest rain ever experienced in Great Britain and it is aimed at the car from every angle".

• US ARMY UNIVERSITY, SHRIVENHAM, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

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

  Science students at work in the laboratory at the US Army University, Shrivenham. Left to right, they are: Staff Sergeant William F Lowdermilk (back to camera, wearing a flying jacket with the words 'Strip for Action' on the back), Barbara L Royea and...

• BRITAIN BUILDS LIGHT CARS: THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, UK, 1945

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

  A scientist in the research department of a car factory somewhere in Britain operates apparatus known as a 'wear and lubricant testing machine'. According to the original caption: "There are only three more like it in the world. It is used for...