The War Told for You in Pictures

whole: the 13 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in green. The text is separate and located in the upper centre and beneath each image as a caption, also in green. 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: M.50050 - H.3697 - D.5643 - 775 - 6.1.41 THE WAR TOLD FOR YOU IN PICTURES Britain's Mechanised Army - Canadian Gunners Guard English Coast - The Home Guard Gets Ready - Men of Many Nationalities in R.A.F. Squadron - Czech Machine-Gunners Fight for Freedom - Woman's Land Army Does its Bit - German Airmen Pay the Penalty Britain's Army of to-day is highly mechanised. The men are given an intensive course of motor transport training, including the handling of lorries and motor-cycles over difficult country. Thousands of rounds being fed into the eight guns of a British 'Hurricane' fighter, which has just returned from a successful air-battle over the Western Desert of Egypt. A gunner of the Royal Navy studies an American anti-aircraft gun on one of the destroyers recently transferred by the U.S.A. to Great Britain. Britain's destroyers, fast, pugnacious, and compact, patrol the Seven Seas of the World. Young Canadian gunners manning a rapid-firing anti-aircraft gun on the coast of England. Four German airmen, shot down by British fighters in an air raid on Britain, are well guarded as they board a train at a London railway station on their way to an internment camp. Two Frenchmen, two Poles, a New Zealander and a pilot from Nigeria are in this R.A.F. Squadron. It is commanded by Squadron-Leader Townsend, D.F.C. (centre), who was recently wounded in the foot by a cannon shell. Machine gunners of the Czech Army, reformed of its own free will in Britain, are still fighting for the day when men may live in peace in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. The Women's Land Army of Great Britain played a big part in the successful harvesting of last year's abundant crops. This picture shows some of them stacking sugar beet for transport to nearby factories. The Home Guard of Great Britain is formed of men of all ranks and professions. This picture, which shows Home Guards training to deal with dive-bombing attacks, recalls that they recently shot down a German bomber by rifle-fire from the ground. Officers of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force march past. These women do coding and cyphering, as well as cooking and typing for Britain's Air Force. Bridge-building forms a large part of the work of the Royal Engineers, who are here seen training recruits in bridging a river. The Royal Air Force is expanding rapidly. For every pilot it employs 10 ground staff, and these mechanics and fitters receive extensive and thorough training. Recruits are seen at foot drill. Picture Sheet No. 18. Issued by Information Office, P.O. Box 384, Salisbury

Picture Sheet No. 18. Part of a series of posters produced under the titles 'The War in Pictures' and 'The War Told For You in Pictures'. M.50050. H.3697. D.5643. 775.

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