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• The Control-room at South West Regional Headquarters, Bristol

  (art) Made by: Piper, John (CH) 1940

  image: a room lit by electric light. On the right hand wall is an abstract map, with areas marked with numbers and letters. On the adjacent wall are more symbols, another smaller map and a clock. In the foreground are tables with a glass and carafe.

• We're in it Together

  (posters) Made by: Henrion, Frederic Henri Kay (artist) 1943

  whole: a photo-montage with the main image positioned left, smaller images occupying the right, and the title positioned along the bottom. image: large, partially coloured image of female telephonist on left. Positioned right four images of various...

• LIFE IN A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY HOSTEL, UK, c 1942

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

  Off-duty munitions workers write letters at the desks provided in the writing room of their munitions factory hostel.

• JAMAICAN TECHNICIANS ARRIVE IN BRITAIN, UK, 1941

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

  Jamaican technicians, newly-arrived in Britain, read magazines and write letters home as they relax in their dormitory. They have travelled to Britain to train and work in various factories in Merseyside.

• THE DAILY EXPRESS BRAINS TRUST IN SESSION, UK, 1944

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

  Dr C E M Joad answers a question in response to Brains Trust Question Master Captain L D Gammans, MP. Other members of the panel pictured here are Richard Snedden and Mrs Mavis Tate, MP (left) and Emilie Clarke (just visible, right).

• THE DAILY EXPRESS BRAINS TRUST IN SESSION, UK, 1944

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

  A general view of the Daily Express Brains Trust panel in session. Left to right, they are: Richard Snedden (smoking a pipe), Mrs Mavis Tate, MP, Question Master Captain L D Gammans, MP (smoking a pipe), Dr C E M Joad (answering a question) and Emilie...

• MUNITION GIRLS' CLUB: WELFARE AT A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  Nan Ensor (right) addresses a letter to her RAF husband at the Post Office of the girls' club attached to her Ministry of Supply factory hostel. She has written to him to invite him to a dance which will be held at the club.

• MUNITION GIRLS' CLUB: WELFARE AT A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY FACTORY, UK, 1941

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

  A general view of the writing room of the girls' club attached to a Ministry of Supply factory hostel, somewhere in Britain.

• 'But For Heaven's Sake Don't Say I Told You!' - Careless Talk Cost Lives

  (posters) Made by: Fougasse

  whole: the image is placed in the upper half with text, in black, directly below and at the bottom. All is set against a plain white background with a red border. image: a man having a telephone conversation in a red telephone box, overheard by multiple...

• NEWFOUNDLAND TROOPS IN ENGLAND: SIGNALLING TRAINING, 1942

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

  Gunner Bert Austey and Gunner Peter Dooling (nearest camera), from Grant Falls and St John's respectively, send a message between their Headquarters and an Observation Post with a signaller's lamp, as part of their training, somewhere in England.