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• THE TELEPHONE SERVICE CARRIES ON, LONDON, JANUARY 1942

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

  Back at the telephone repair depot after having laid new cables somewhere in London, members of this repair crew are now on Home Guard duty. One Home Guard reads a magazine on the bed and one answers a telephone call, whilst a third looks on.

• WAR FAIR: HOLIDAYS AT HOME AT A FETE IN RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON, 1943

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

  Members of the Home Guard challenge a smiling young woman and two children to a 'horse race' at the Russell Square fete. The children were given a half the distance of the course as a head start. Members of the public crowd around them to watch the...

• HMT HOME GUARD

  part of "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FOXHILL COLLECTION OF SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Underway on the Humber on completion.

• HMT HOME GUARD

  part of "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FOXHILL COLLECTION OF SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Underway on the Humber on completion.

• Rifle, No4 Mk1

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: ROF Fazakerley, Liverpool

  The British No 4 rifle was a development of the Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield (see FIR 7815). It featured a heavier, flat-sided body, a heavier barrel and an aperture rear sight. The No 4 was approved for service in November 1939 but, due to the...

• Hughes, Albert (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2005-10-03

  British civilian worked as chemist at Chemical Defence Research Establishment in St Helens, GB, 1937-1942; aircraftman served with Initial Training Wing, RAF at Scarborough, GB, 11/1942-4/1943; trained as pilot with 16 Elementary Flying School, Burnaston...

• Members of a Home Guard Ack-Ack Gun Team, September 1943

  (art) Made by: Kennington, Eric Henri (RA) 1943

  image: two Home Guard Anti-Aircraft gunners load an anti-aircraft gun during an air raid at night.

• THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR PRESS AGENCY PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

  The Local Defence Volunteers: Members of the Local Defence Volunteers being taught simple German phrases.

• THE HARVEST SHALL COME [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Imperial Chemical Industries (Production sponsor) 1942

  A film that calls upon the British people to maintain their wartime commitment to agriculture and the prosperity and well-being of everyone who works on the land after the war by telling the story of Tom Grimwood, an ordinary Suffolk farm labourer...

• Harvey, John (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2001

  British NCO trained with RAF in South Africa, 1943; served as navigator with 76 Sqdn RAF in GB, 1944; served with 148 Sqdn RAF in Italy and Palestine, 1944-1946