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  • Aircraft Production: Girls working on wings Aircraft Production: Girls working on wings

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1942

    image: Interior of a workshop with women working on the construction of a glider wing, using canvas and dope

  • Two WAAF Balloon Workers Two WAAF Balloon Workers

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1941

    image: two women of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at work on large balloons. One of the women kneels down tying a knot, surrounded by numerous threads of fine rope, the other woman lying on her side looking on. They appear to be working inside...

  • Burma: Japanese Prisoners-of-War in the Cookhouse, Pegu Prison Burma: Japanese Prisoners-of-War in the Cookhouse, Pegu Prison

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1945

    image: four Japanese prisoners-of-war prepare food in the cookhouse of Pegu prison camp. Two of the men stand underneath the corrugated iron roof of a hut, one chopping something at a table. The other two men stand and crouch immediately in front of the...

  • Anti-aircraft Fire meeting Flying-bombs as they cross the Coast Defences, Dymchurch, July 1944 Anti-aircraft Fire meeting Flying-bombs as they cross the Coast Defences, Dymchurch, July 1944

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1944

    image: View along the defended beach at Dymchurch with puffs of anti-aircraft fire in the sky and the fleeting shape of a flying-bomb in upper right corner

  • Listening-post at Spyglass, Gibraltar Listening-post at Spyglass, Gibraltar

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

    image: British soldiers gathered at a listening post at Spyglass, Gibraltar, looking out over the Mediterranean. The machinery of the post dominates the centre of the composition, its four cone shaped receivers facing skywards. It is incorporated on the...

  • St Lucius Street, Valletta : Moonlight alert. Maltese people running for shelter St Lucius Street, Valletta : Moonlight alert. Maltese people running for shelter

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

    image: four civilians run for shelter across a rubble-strewn, bomb-damaged street. In the distance searchlights cross the night sky.

  • Evacuating the Street of the Immaculate Conception, Senglea, Malta Evacuating the Street of the Immaculate Conception, Senglea, Malta

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

    image: a view along the street of the Immaculate Conception in Senglea, with Maltese civilians busy removing valuables and possessions from their homes. Men, women and children carry items of furniture and valuables, evidently in a hurry to evacuate the...

  • 16th US Medical Regiment : Field Dental Service operating during an attack 16th US Medical Regiment : Field Dental Service operating during an attack

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1942

    image: A dentist wearing US Army uniform tends to a patient sitting in a chair and covered with a white sheet. Another man in US Army uniform stands to the left of the composition with his right hand in a bowl of liquid. They appear to be in the room of...

  • An American Soldier in Fatigue Dress An American Soldier in Fatigue Dress

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1942

    image: a full-length portrait of an American soldier in fatigue dress, standing in a narrow, cobbled street.

  • Dentistry During the Hour of Gas Practice Dentistry During the Hour of Gas Practice

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1942

    image: a sailor sits in the dentist's chair with his hat on his lap while the dentist leans over him. Two others watch from behind wearing gas masks, while a third, similarly dressed, sits at a desk lower right.

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