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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

  Factory Canteens: A Ministry of Supply factory canteen. Cafeterias of this kind provided good quality, low priced food for thousands of workers each day.

• 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 STAFFORSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1941

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

  Children eating eggs supplied by America under the Lend Lease scheme in a school in the Staffordshire Potteries area.

• 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

  A pit boy at a coal mine somewhere in Britain lunches on sandwiches of American cheese.

• 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.