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Object description
whole: the 14 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is
separate and located in the upper left and beneath each image as a caption, also in black. All set against a white
background.
image: a series of photographs illustrating different aspects of the Allied war effort, including depictions of military vehicles and
military personnel.
text: I.A.50011 - H.2756 - D.3914 - 500. - 13.2.40.
THE WAR TOLD FOR YOU IN PICTURES
BRITAIN'S air power on land and sea is the main subject of this picture sheet. You see aircraft in the making and at work. It is easy to
understand why Britain is steadily gaining superiority over the German air forces, with factories turning out high-quality aircraft by mass-
production methods and with British airmen having complete confidence in their machines. If this war is to become a war of the air, then
Britain is fully prepared for it.
How Britain's Bombing Planes are Built. Here you see a number of Hanley-Page Hampden bombers being constructed in one of Britain's many new
aircraft factories.
Another Scene in a British Aeroplane Factory. Blenheim bombers, which can fly at 300 miles per hour, in mass production. The raw material
arrives at one end of this huge factory and emerges as complete planes at the other.
Brains of the Air Force. The Air Control of the R.A.F. in France is efficiently organised. In this operations room news is being received
of a raid by enemy aircraft.
Thunder at Sea. Guns of H.M.S. Nelson firing a salvo. These guns throw their shells, each weighing 2,461 lb., a distance of 35,000 yards
(20 miles), and the crushing effect of a full broadside can be imagined.
Australia's Navy. Australia has a small but very useful and efficient Navy. Here is H.M.A.S. Sydney, followed by H.M.A.S. Leander and
H.M.A.S. Hobart.
Patrol of the Seas. British flying boats like this monster have played an important part in the campaign against German submarines and have
sunk many of them. The flying boats have a wide cruising range and are able to carry out extensive patrols hundreds of miles from their
bases. this one is being prepared for launching.
Keeping Fit. British airmen have to be fit, and physical training forms part of their daily routine. As this picture shows, they are of
fine physique.
Britain's Sea Power. H.M.S. Nelson is one of Britain's biggest battleships. She is seen on patrol with a Fleet Air Arm seaplane above her.
King at the Front. During his recent tour of the Western Front, His Majesty inspected this anti-aircraft unit in a forward sector of the
British lines.
The Fleet Air Arm is the Navy's Air Force. Here is a Blackburn 'Shark' aircraft on patrol. Below are battleships and cruisers watching for
the enemy.
German Bomber Shot Down. This Dornier twin-engined reconnaissance bomber, shot down in France, is being brought in for examination by
technical experts.
Hunting German Submarines. British destroyers hunt the seas day and night for enemy submarines. They carry depth charges like those shown
above - drums full of high explosives - which will destroy a submarine completely if dropped within a few hundred feet of it.
At the Ready. An anti-aircraft gun on a British cruiser ready for enemy aircraft.
Naval Airmen. A flight of Fairey 'Swordfish' aircraft carrying out exercises. Below them is the British Aircraft Carrier, Ark Royal.
Picture Sheet No. 2.
Issued by the Information Office, - P.O. Box 384, Salisbury.
Physical description
Picture Sheet No. 2.
Part of a series of posters produced under the titles 'The War in Pictures' and 'The War Told For You in Pictures'.
I.A.50011.
H.2756.
D.3914.
500.
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