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• MATILDA TANK PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UK

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

  Miss Miriam Weston shakes hands with Major General J S Crawford as she and her brothers Gary and Grainger Weston present him with a Matilda tank outside a factory, somewhere in Britain.

• MATILDA TANK PRODUCTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, UK

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

  Miss Miriam Weston stands on a Matilda tank as she addresses the crowd of workers which is gathered around the tank outside a factory, somewhere in Britain. The crowd is made up of workers who have worked on the production of this particular tank.

• NEW SLOOP FOR THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHED AT YARROWS YARD, ON CLYDEBANK, 22 APRIL 1943, WITH THE CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MRS GODFREY, WIFE OF VICE ADMIRAL V H GODFREY, CB.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  The bottle breaking against the bows of the ship as Mrs Godfrey launches the sloop.

• NEW SLOOP FOR THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHED AT YARROWS YARD, ON CLYDEBANK, 22 APRIL 1943, WITH THE CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MRS GODFREY, WIFE OF VICE ADMIRAL V H GODFREY, CB.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  The new sloop going down the slipway.

• THE LAUNCHING OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS INDEFATIGABLE AT GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, 8 DECEMBER 1942

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beadell, S J (Lt)

  HMS INDEFATIGABLE slides down the ramp after being launched by the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven.

• PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Reverend Joseph Stephens conducts a wedding service at St Mark's Church, Silvertown. The original caption states that the groom is George Scott, on leave from the forces, and the bride is Winifred Hartley.

• PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Reverend Joseph Stephens oversees the signing of the register after a wedding at St Mark's Church, Silvertown. It appears to have been a 'triple wedding' with three brides and three grooms!

• PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A newly-married couple pose for the camera as they leave St Mark's Church, Silvertown after their wedding. Their wedding photographer can be seen in this photograph, as can several of their guests watching the proceedings.

• WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  New recruits to the Royal Air Force, recently arrived from the West Indies, take part in a march past at an RAF station somewhere in the north of England. Taking the salute (although not visible) is Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt. These men are in...

• WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt takes the salute during a ceremonial march past of new Royal Air Force recruits at an RAF station, somewhere in the north of England. The recruits are all volunteers who have recently arrived from the West Indies to begin...