The War Told for You in Pictures - Depicting the Empire's Expanding War Effort

whole: the 14 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in green. The subtitle is separate and placed in the upper left, centre and lower right, also in green. The text is separate and located in the upper centre and beneath each image as a caption, 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.5938 - 775 - 24.2.41 THE WAR TOLD FOR YOU IN PICTURES British Army Officers in the Making - Royal Air Force Pilots in Greece - Canadian Bridge Builders - Another Cruiser for Britain - French Infantry in the Middle East - Fleet Air Arm's New Fighters - Big Guns Guard British Coast. Officer Cadets of the British Army at a training school await the order to fire their howitzer in field artillery tests. DEPICTING THE Included in the training of Canadian soldiers now stationed in Britain is a course in bridge-building. At the end of the course a contest is held. This picture shows one of the competing teams at work. This picture shows an infantry advance striking unit, mounted on fast motor-cycles and armed with light machine-guns. Men of the Sudan Defence Force, formed of Sudanese with British and native officers, have taken part in recent actions against the Italians in Abyssinia. General MacNaughton, General Officer Commanding Canadian Forces, inspecting cadets who have passed out as officers. Pilots of the Royal Air Force in Greece, who have just returned to their base after a victorious air battle with the Italians in Albania. One of Britain's latest cruisers going down the slipway after being launched at a British port. EMPIRE'S EXPANDING The 'Fulmar' fighters of the British Navy's Fleet Air Arm possess a speed, fire-power and agility that have made them comparable to Britain's famous 'Spitfires.' Here a 'Fulmar' is seen making practice landings. British artillery men checking 9.2 shells of a coastal defence battery on the English coast. The guns, under their camouflage netting, are seen in the background. A British soldier wiping off the paint which had obliterated the Swastika markings on this German bomber, shot down near London. Men of the French Colonial Infantry on the march in the Western Desert, where, co-operating with the British, they shared in the recent great victories over the Italians. Despite the attacks by German U-boats and aircraft, Britain's world-wide trade is being successfully maintained by merchant shipping in convoys escorted by warships. Pom-pom guns on an escorting destroyer being prepared for action. Cadets of an Artillery Officers' Training Unit of the British Army are seen at action stations on their camouflaged field gun. WAR EFFORT A New Zealand sergeant and Australian comrades with the British Forces in Egypt exchange useful hints on the use of anti-tank guns, which were used with great effect against the Italians in the recent British victories. Picture Sheet No. 20. Issued by Information Office P.O. Box 384, Salisbury.

Picture Sheet No. 20. 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.5938. 775.

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