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• Collections Sales and Licensing

  (General Information)

  IWM has a unique collection covering all aspects of twentieth and twenty-first century conflict involving Britain, the Commonwealth and other former Empire countries. The collection is an unparalleled resource for understanding contemporary warfare and...

• Art and Popular Design

  (General Information)

  Art This exceptional collection is one of the most important representations of twentieth century British art in the world. It includes many great works of art from the British government war art schemes of the First and Second World Wars, which...

• Rationing in the Second World War

  (History)

  In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage. The Ministry of Food was responsible for overseeing rationing. Every man, woman and child was...

• Women's Services in the First World War

  (History)

  Pressure from women for their own uniformed service to assist the war effort began in August 1914. Many organisations sprang up, such as the Women’s Volunteer Reserve and Lady Londonderry’s Women’s Legion, which provided cooks for Army camps. The...

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• Posters of the Second World War

  (Guides and Museum Books, Second World War, Books, Books)

  Drawing on the depth of the Museum’s art collection, this book takes a look at some of the most iconic and easily identifiable images of the Second World War - the posters. Reproduced in full colour with an introduction and explanatory notes by Senior...

• Picture This - World War I Posters and Visual Culture

  (Art)

  Most war posters were aimed particularly at civilian populations. Posters nationalized, mobilized, and modernized those populations, thereby influencing how they viewed themselves and their activities. The home-front life - factory work, agricultural...

• Careless Talk Costs Lives - Fougasse

  (Second World War, Books)

  Writing under the pen name of Fougasse, Cyril Kenneth Bird was one of the most popular cartoonists and illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century and arguably the most famous creator of British poster art. The images and captions to his...

• The Battle of Britain (IWM)

  (Air)

  Lavishly illustrated with photographs, contemporary art and posters, and accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts, this is a volume that captures the reality and the romance of a defining chapter in British history. Kate Moore (Author) , Imperial...

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• A VILLAGE SAVES: NATIONAL SAVINGS IN LEWKNOR, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1941

  (photographs)

  Mrs Scott looks on as a young pupil at the village school stands in front of the blackboard to display his poster to the rest of the class. They have all been working on producing posters as part of a competition organised by the National Savings...

• Tutto il Nostro Risparmio Alla Patria [All Our Savings to Our Country]

  (posters)

  whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned at the centre, in black outlined...

• THE NATIONAL SAVINGS SCHEME AT WORK IN CANTERBURY, ENGLAND, 1941

  (photographs)

  Students at the Sydney Cooper School of Art, St Peter's Street, Canterbury, work on savings posters and displays. A slogan on one poster reads: 'When players fail, don't see red, buy 3 large saving stamps instead!'. The students are...

• National Egg Collection for the Wounded

  (posters)

  whole: the image and title are integrated, with the main title across top, and the subtitle across the bottom, both in...

Other IWM websites (73)

• IWM War Story Blog

  IWM War Story Blog Home What we’re collecting Afghanistan in Context IWM War Story Blog Imperial War Museum project to encourage servicemen and women to record their personal stories relating to contemporary conflict Feeds: Posts Comments About War Story...

• IWM Blogs | Imperial War Museum Blogs and Projects

  IWM Blogs | Imperial War Museum Blogs and Projects War Story Project 02-04-2011 Working in co-operation with the Ministry of Defence, the Imperial War Museum will support participants to add information to existing new media channels such as blogs and...

• The Ministry of Food

  The Ministry of Food Sponsored by: Blog Kitchen Garden Videos The Exhibition About Archives BLOG Last Chance to See (and goodbye!) December 31st, 2010 | Comments Off by Faye, IWM Marketing Team This New Year’s Eve, we wanted to toast a year of home-grown...

• WebQuests Pictures of Innocence

  WebQuests Pictures of Innocence Pictures of Innocence Explore propaganda posters of the Second World War. KS3 History. This WebQuest covers the following topics: Propaganda posters, Second World War. Back Start WebQuest