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• The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918

  (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

  image: The interior view of a munitions factory showing the manufacture of 18' guns with munition workers. A figure in suit and bowler hat stands in the foreground. There is a warm orange light spread over the scene emitted from the forge in the right of...

• Building Planes

  (art) Made by: Armstrong, John 1940

  image: A view across a factory floor showing men working on the sub-structure of two aircraft. In the background, other figures working at lathes and machinery are spotlighted on the upper and lower floors of the factory.

• A Munitions Factory

  (art) Made by: Elwell, Frederick William (RA) 1944

  image: Interior of a munitions factory with women working on lathes and other machinery

• Smooth Finish - Perfect Flight

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1939

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is integrated and positioned in the lower third, in black with white shadowing. All set against a blue background. image: a depiction of a bird, with overly elongated wings, flying against stylised blue...

• You Make Them - We Take Them

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title integrated and positioned across the top edge, in black. The subtitle is separate and positioned along the bottom edge, also in black, and set against a red background. image: a photograph of a RAF...

• Builders - You are Hitting Back

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the main image is positioned in the top left corner, with five other images placed one above another, down the right edge. The title is separate and positioned in the upper third, in orange and in black. The text is separate and placed in the...

• He Needs Our Ammo' to Shoot Down Huns

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the centre, with the title separate and placed in the upper quarter, in orange, both set against a grey background. The text is separate and located in the lower quarter, in blue and in orange, held within a white panel...

• Recovery = £ = Munitions

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned across the bottom edge, in black and in white. All set against a white background. image: a cartoon featuring characters based on household objects - a razor blade, a box and a...

• Handle Carefully (recto) Mind Your Toes (verso)

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: The poster is double-sided. Side 1: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title and text are separate and positioned in the upper fifth and lower third, in pink, held within brown insets. Further text is separate and placed along...

• Bombs from Bricks!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper half. The title and text are separate and placed in the upper right and lower half, in red-brown and in black. Further text is separate and located along the bottom edge, in white, held within a red-brown inset...