The War Told for You in Pictures

whole: the 14 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is separate and placed in the upper centre 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: M.50050 - H.3697 - D.6776 - 800 - 18.7.41. THE WAR TOLD FOR YOU IN PICTURES BRITAIN HAS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GUNS - SUPER-HEAVY OF GREAT RANGE AND SECRET CALIBRE - SPECIALLY TRAINED WOMEN AS RANGE FINDERS - THEY WORK PREDICTIONS FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS On board a British destroyer a seaman stands ready to pull the lever of a depth charge to hurl death to lurking submarines Troops from every single climate in the British Empire are taking their part in the fighting. Here are some officers of a Canadian ski patrol. After only a few weeks of training, Canadian troops swing across the parade ground. The whole might and man-power of the British Empire marches with its War Effort. Sir William Battershill, the Governor of Cyprus, inspects the Cyprus regiment in North Africa. This regiment is attached to the British Royal Army Service Corps. The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, constantly makes visits to different parts of Britain. Here he is on tour of Lancashire. This very large gun, mounted on a railway, tells of Britain's growing offensive strength. Its calibre is a secret. Here are seen fast cruiser tanks of the British Army, manned by a famous cavalry regiment now mechanised. From the magazine of a British destroyer a shell is passed up to the guns. On a gun site are some more girls of the Auxiliary Training Service. These have been specially chosen for training on predictors, the delicate instruments used for working out the range of anti-aircraft fire. Indian sappers and miners take a rest, after clearing a road for troops to proceed during the British advance on Keren. General Smuts walking away from the aircraft in which he had flown to Kenya when he visited that country recently. On the bridge of a British destroyer on convoy duty an officer scans the skies through his binoculars, ready for any sign of an enemy aircraft. A girl member of the Auxiliary Training Service is seen at work on a height finder to work out the range for anti-aircraft guns. Another picture of one of the world's largest guns, the British super-heavy railway mounting gun of very high calibre. Its range and projectile weight are secret. Picture Sheet No. 23. Issued by Information Office P.O. Box 384, Salisbury.

Picture Sheet No. 23. 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.6776. 800.

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