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• On The Strip-line: Churchill tanks being dismantled

  (art) Made by: Cuneo, Terence Tenison 1943

  image: the interior of a factory with men stripping down and dismantling tanks. The hulls of several Churchill tanks are arranged in a line, men busying themselves within and on top of the tanks. In the foreground two men work on a tank engine.

• WORKER AND WAR-FRONT MAGAZINE ISSUE NO 1 [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Paul Rotha Productions (Production company) 1942-05

  A newsreel highlighting the part played by ordinary working men and women in Britain's war effort featuring reports on a scheme to enable women war workers to buy food during working hours, the production of sand filters for aircraft and tank engines, a...

• Tanks - a Minstry of Information Exhibition

  (posters) Made by: Ministry of Information (publisher/sponsor) 1941

  whole: the image occupies the whole. The title and text are integrated and located in the lower half, in red, in white, and in red held within a black inset. image: a depiction of a Crusader tank driving up a hill, set against an overcast sky. text:...

• The Industrial Battle : tanks ready for shipment overseas

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1943

  image: A view from a high position across a field full of military vehicles. In the foreground three men stand beside a Crusader tank, with another man standing at the end of a long line of Bren Gun Carriers. There is an assortment of other vehicles...

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Guy Mk IA armoured car passing through a village during anti-invasion exercises in Southern Command, 7 May 1941.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A Valentine tank passes through a village during large-scale manoeuvres near Thetford in Norfolk, 26-28 April 1941.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A Universal carrier of 53rd Division being hauled out of a stream by a Scammell breakdown lorry of No.2 Recovery Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, near Ore in Sussex, 3 June 1941. A gaggle of small boys watches with interest from the bank.

• Fitting Tracks at the Pit Station

  (art) Made by: Cuneo, Terence Tenison

  image: a view of the interior of a factory where workers are fitting tracks to the main body of Churchill tanks. The tanks are arranged in a long line, surrounded by numerous busy workers, including a woman to the right.

• The Water Test : a hull-immersion test for tanks

  (art) Made by: Cuneo, Terence Tenison

  image: outside a factory a Churchill tank is put through a hull immersion test, with it being driven down into a purpose- built water filled gully, a man standing alongside supervising. Another Churchill tank is driven towards the gully in the background.

• Giant Presses Stamping Out Small Parts of Churchill Tanks

  (art) Made by: Cuneo, Terence Tenison 1943

  image: the interior of a munitions factory with male workers tending giant industrial presses making components for Churchill tanks. The presses are arranged in two parallel lines within the factory, with a walkway in between