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• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER, MINISTRY OF MINES SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Factory Entertainments and Visits: Coal miners, on a trip to an armament factory, looking through the barrels of 5.25 inch anti-aircraft guns.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Factory Entertainments and Visits: Gracie Fields helping two women workers stamp a shell case at an ordnance factory. She was visiting in order to give a Ministry of Labour 'Munitions Concert' which was organised by ENSA [Entertainments National Service...

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  Three children eat American cheese sandwiches at an emergency feeding centre in Liverpool. Behind them, a man can be seen cooking at a Soyer boiler or field cooker. One girl is laughing as she eats.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  Five children eat American cheese sandwiches at an open-air emergency feeding centre in Liverpool. Behind them, a man can be seen cooking at one of several Soyer boilers or field cookers, available for use by civilians in the area.

• "VICTORY V" DISHES AT A LONDON INN: EATING OUT IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, c 1942

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

  A waitress at the the 'Quality Inn' on Regent Street collects a 'Victory Dish' from the serving ledge as cooks work behind her. Two posters explaining these meals can be seen on the ledge. According to the original caption: "'Victory V' dishes [are]...

• MINISTRY OF FOOD RECOMMENDED EMERGENCY FOOD STORE FOR ONE PERSON, AUGUST 1942

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

  An emergency larder for one person as suggested by the Ministry of Food. Included are flour, baked beans, coffee, evaporated milk and rice.

• AMERICAN CANNED FOOD BEING EATEN IN LONDON, ENGLAND,UK, 1941

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

  Dock workers give the thumbs up and 'V' signs as they lunch on American canned meat at a London Dockworkers Canteen.

• AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN ENGLAND, UK, 1942

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

  Ministry of Food officials distribute bottles of American Orange Juice at Tottenham Day Nursery, 19 May 1942. Several children can be seen in the photograph, including a baby sitting on the counter.

• BRITISH FOOD STOCKS FOR LIBERATED EUROPE, 1945

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

  Four children help two lorry men to load large tins of Meredith and Drew Ltd. 'Welfare Biscuits' onto a lorry. A row of terraced houses can be seen behind them. In addition to the biscuits, boxes of Ministry of Food mixed vegetable soup (which can be...

• A ROYAL VISIT TO THE LEYLAND FACTORY, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

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

  HM King George VI talks to a female machine operator during a royal visit to the Leyland factory.