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• London Docks: Building Caissons for Mulberry

  (art) Made by: Macdonald, Frances 1944-04-01

  image: A dockyard scene with three large caissons in the background. A large number of wooden planks float in the water in the foreground.

• Sketch for 'London Docks' (LD4039)

  (art) Made by: Macdonald, Frances 1944-01-01

  image: a view of a dry dock with a large scaffold erected next to a quay side on the right. On the quay side there are several cranes. To the left there are several more cranes and a parked van surrounded by figures alongside a channel of water.

• 'Kilkenny's Circus' : Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing synthetic training

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

  image: inside a training hall. In the foreground there are several trainees hanging from harnesses suspended from the ceiling. In the background there are more trainees jumping in turn from a platform near the ceiling, some swing from the rafters.

• Gun-Team Firing in the Rain, Normandy : June 1944

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay 1944-06-01

  image: set in a rural landscape, a gun crew fires from an emplacement under cover of camouflaged nets.

• A Shower-bath at the Rest Centre, Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy : June 1944

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay 1944-06-01

  image: The setting is an open-sided barn with a tarpaulin screen hung from the ceiling. Men are drying off after a shower, while other wait to enter.

• Sea Transport : Poles loading bombs

  (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1944

  image: a view over the deck of a merchant ship, with bombs being moved down into the hold using a crane. Two sailors supervise from the left, whilst a man casually sits with his legs dangling over the edge of the large hole that leads to the hold. Other...

• "Whales" : constructing pierheads for Mulberry Harbour, 1944

  (art) Made by: Miller, James (RSA) 1944

  image: A view from the waterfront, looking towards a moored Mulberry Harbour pierhead with men at work on the deck, a cloud of smoke rises above them.

• Invasion-craft being built in the West India Docks : 30 May 1944

  (art) Made by: Methuen, Lord (RA) 4th Baron 1944

  image: A landing craft, mounted on blocks and surrounded by scaffolding, under construction in West India Docks in London. A merchant ship is visible on the water to the left and various blocks and planks of wood are strewn on the dockside in the...

• Bernières-sur-Mer : the church steeple after the German snipers had been killed

  (art) Made by: Bone, Stephen

  image: looking up at the church steeple from ground level. There are shell holes puncturing the masonry and much of the church roof is damaged.

• Courseulles : the Hôtel de Paris and amphibian transport

  (art) Made by: Bone, Stephen

  image: a D.U.K.W and a jeep parked outside a bomb damaged Hotel de Paris on a French seafront where there are several soldiers walking around. On the left is a second ruined building with a pointed rooftop and anti-aircraft guns outside. In the...