Ministry Of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection

'English: harvest' in Normandy, 17 July 1944 The wreckage of a Ju-88 purported to have been shot down by the Canadian Spitfires of Johnny Johnson's Wing lies not far from airstrip B-7 at Matragny, Normandy. The More

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery fire a salvo at dusk.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 An Indication Officer using stereoscopic binoculars at the Observation Post of 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 Right to left: Sergeant Tasker, Limber Gunner Tye, and the storeman discuss the night shoot in the ammunition stores at 428 Batter More

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 Setting fuses in the ammunition stores at 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 A gunner of 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery, pushing a gun trolley loaded with shells, as guns fire at night.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 Shells being checked and taken from the ammunition store of 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 Shells being checked and taken from the ammunition store of 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 A salvo being fired at dusk by 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 Men of 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery remove the charge from safety containers.

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 Auxiliary Territorial Service plotters at work at the Headquarters of 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artillery.

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, spending a day with the 42nd Armoured Division during a large scale ex More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 Close up of the Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, spending a day with the 42nd Armoured Division during the More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, spending a day with the 42nd Armoured Division during a large scale ex More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden, in battle-dress overalls in the turret of a tank during the exercise.

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, with the Division Commander, Major General M C Dempsey, DSO, MC, watch More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden, talking to a tank officer of the 42nd Armoured Division during a halt in More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, in battle-dress overalls talking to a tank commander of the 42nd Armou More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden, talking to a tank officer of the 42nd Armoured Division during a halt in More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden and the Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget watchin More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget with the Division Commander, Major-General M C Dempsey, DSO, MC, watchi More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget being helped on with his overalls before the 42nd Armoured Division exercises.

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Anthony Eden with the Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget watchi More

42nd Armoured Division Exercise, Near Malton in Yorkshire, 29 September 1942 The Commander in Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, being helped on with his overalls before the 42nd Armoured Division exercises.

617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 Flight Lieutenant H S Wilson's crew. Left to right: Flight Sergeant J H Payne, gunner Pilot Officer T W Johnson, engineer Sergeant W E Hornby S More

617 Squadron (dambusters) at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 22 July 1943 Flight Lieutenant Dave Shannon, pilot of ED929/`AJ-L' on the dams raid, with Flight Lieutenant R D Trevor-Roper, who flew as Gibson's rear gunne More

A Boeing Flying Fortress Mk IIA of No. 220 Squadron RAF, based at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, May 1943. A Boeing Flying Fortress Mk IIA, FK186 'S', of No 220 Squadron RAF, based at Benbecula, flying past a More

A British infantryman armed with a Bren gun stops for a smoke during training in the UK, March 1944. Private J Burroughs enjoys a cigarette.

A Fairey Albacore Mk I of No. 820 Naval Air Squadron operating from HMS FORMIDABLE during the North African landings, November 1942. A Fairey Albacore I (BF759/4L) of 820 Squadron in flight, during the North Af More

A Fairey Swordfish in Flight Close-up of a Fairey Swordfish Mark II, HS 545 'B', in flight as seen through the struts of another aircraft, probably while serving with No 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, 1943-1944.

A Fairey Swordfish in Flight Distant view of two Fairey Swordfish aircraft in flight.

A Land Army girl holding a chicken, 1944. A Women's Land Army girl holding a chicken to show a good layer.

A member of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) serving with a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun battery, December 1942. An ATS spotter with binoculars at the anti-aircraft command post. A 3.7-inch anti-aircraft g More

A member of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) serving with a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun battery, December 1942. An ATS spotter with binoculars at the anti-aircraft command post. A 3.7 inch anti-aircraft g More

A member of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) serving with a 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun battery, December 1942. ATS spotter with binoculars at the anti-aircraft command post, with a 3.7 inch anti-aircraft More

A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Miss Elizabeth Amery, computes the range at 428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, December 1942. A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Servic More

A member of the crew of an RAF Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson holding a carrier pigeon, 1942. A close-up of a member of a Royal Air Force aircrew holding a carrier pigeon beside a Lockheed Hudson of Coastal Command.

A nurse with child evacuees from Plymouth in the garden of the Chaim Weizmann Home at Tapley Park, Instow, North Devon, October 1942. A nurse with child evacuees from Plymouth in the garden of the Chaim Weizman More

PARATROOP TRAINING IN BRITAIN, OCTOBER 1942. A paratrooper drops from a static balloon during training. Paratroop training drop from a static balloon. A parachute fully open.

A Rehabilitation Centre For Injured Workers at a Factory in Britain, 1944 A girl using a nautical wheel for resisted trunk side flexion exercises at a rehabilitation centre for injured workers. The centre was r More

A Rehabilitation Centre For Injured Workers at a Factory in Britain, 1944 A girl using a nautical wheel for resisted trunk side flexion exercises at a rehabilitation centre for injured workers. The centre was r More

A Royal Navy officer using a sextant aboard a destroyer on convoy protection duties, 1942. A British Naval Officer with a sextant, aboard a former American destroyer employed on convoy protection duty by the Royal Navy.

A survey on parents' views on education being carried out to help plan post war education programmes. Mrs J Kelly, survey interviewer, talking to Mr and Mrs J Nelmes Crocker of Pinner, 1944. A survey on parents More

A woman war worker machining a cylinder block for a Rolls Royce engine. The War Effort: A woman war worker machining a cylinder block for a Rolls Royce engine.

A young woman worker painting the fuselage roundel on a Mosquito aircraft at de Havilland's factory at Hatfield in Hertfordshire, 1943. Painting the roundel on the side of a Mosquito at the factory.

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1943. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten sitting at his desk (close-up, looking up).

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1943. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten sitting at his desk (close-up, looking up).

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten sitting at his desk (close-up, looking down).

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten sitting at his desk.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, in front of a painting showing the Battle of Trafalgar in h More

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, at his desk at the Admiralty in London, October 1944. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, the First Sea Lord More

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cronyn Tovey, Gcb, Kbe, Dso Portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir J C Tovey, GCB, KBE, DSO. Admiral Tovey served as Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet from 1940-1943, he then went More

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cronyn Tovey, Gcb, Kbe, Dso Portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir J C Tovey, GCB, KBE, DSO. Admiral Tovey served as Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet from 1940-1943, he then went More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Half length portrait of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Naval Commander in Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Forces.

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Gcb, Kbe Portrait of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser standing in front of a portrait of the Duke of York. Admiral Fraser served as Commander in Chief Eastern Fleet from 1944 and signed the Ja More

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Gcb, Kbe Portrait of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser. Admiral Fraser served as Commander in Chief Eastern Fleet from 1944 and signed the Japanese Terms of Surrender on behalf of Britain on 2 More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Half length portrait of Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore KCB, CVO, DSO, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, under the guns of his flagship HMS DUKE OF YORK at More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Personalities Full length portrait of Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore KCB, CVO, DSO, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, under the guns of his flagship HMS DUKE OF YORK at More

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Kcb, Dso, Mc, Chief of Air Staff 1940-1945 Half-length portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, KCB, DSO, MC, standing by a staff car outside Air Ministry building More

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Kcb, Dso, Mc, Chief of Air Staff 1940-1945 Half-length portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal, KCB, DSO, MC, standing by a staff car outside Air Ministry building More

Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO, 1944 Half length portrait.

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, 'father of the jet engine', at his desk. Portrait of Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle at his desk. During 1943 to 1946 Air Commodore Whittle was attached to Power Jets Ltd for th More

Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, in the cockpit of his personal Supermarine Spitfire V before his ceremonial take-off at Malta's new aerodrome at Safi, May 1943. Air Officer Comman More

Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air Officer Commanding Mediterranean Allied Air Coastal Forces in Britain, 18 March 1944 Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AOC Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air More

Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air Officer Commanding Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces, in Britain, 18 March 1944 Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AOC Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air More

Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, commanding the RAF squadrons on Malta, climbs away in his own personal Supermarine Spitfire Mk V, after a ceremony to mark the opening of Malta's new airfield at Safi, May 1943. More

Aircraft Production in Britain, 1944 Mr Hayden adjusting a Drummond Maxicut machine which was used in the production of tools for aero engine production at the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Aircraft Production in Britain, 1944 Mr Hayden adjusting a Drummond Maxicut machine which was used in the production of tools for aero engine production at the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Aircraft Production in Britain, 1944 Mr Lovering, a worker in the Sleeve Crank Section, of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's Aero Engine Division, with a diamond cutting tool.

Aircraft Production in Britain, 1944 Mr Lovering, a worker in the Sleeve Crank Section, of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's Aero Engine Division, with a diamond cutting tool.

Aircrew and ground staff of No. 467 Squadron, RAAF, celebrate the completion of 100 operations by the Avro Lancaster R5868 'S for Sugar', May 1944. A gathering of men of No 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Fo More

Allied Aircraft Cross the Rhine, Kevelaer, Germany, 24 March 1945 Allied gliders and aircraft flying over the devastated town of Kevelaer on their way to the Rhine crossing.

Allied Ships Unloading Supplies at Sfax, Tunisia For the Allied Forces in the Western Desert, Spring 1943 Allied ships unloading at Sfax a few days after the Allied occupation.

American Air Force Ground Crew Service a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in England, 1943 The ground crew servicing the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt flown by Captain Johnson. Sergeant George Baltimore is working on the More

American Decorations For British Officers at General Montgomery's Headquarters, Normandy, 13 July 1944 General Sir Bernard Montgomery (right) talking to the British Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Administrativ More

American Decorations For British Officers at General Montgomery's Headquarters, Normandy, 13 July 1944 General Sir Bernard Montgomery with the Commander of the United States 1st Army, General Omar Bradley (cent More

Amphibious Exercises in the English Channel, 1943 Amphibious exercises in the English Channel.

An African soldier or 'Askari' on guard duty at No. 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943. An Askari native guards an aircraft with an assegai.

An Army Training Exercise in Britain, 1942 A Covenanter Cruiser tank during exercises.

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division during his seven days privilege leave with his family. More

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family More

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family More

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family More

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family More

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family More

An Eighth Army Man on Leave, Wirral, Cheshire, 14 April 1944 Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family More

An RAF Morris LRC (light reconnaissance car) alongside a bullock cart on an airfield in the Azores, January 1944. Front view of a Royal Air Force Morris Light Armoured Car and a bullock cart on an airfield in the Azores.

Army Exhibition at Cardiff, 1944 The exhibition which toured Britain, is shown in the Municipal Park in Cardiff. In the picture is part of the Royal Artillery display.

Army Exhibition at Cardiff, 1944 The exhibition which toured Britain, is shown in the Municipal Park in Cardiff. In the picture is part of the Royal Artillery display, with a searchlight on the right hand side.

Army Exhibition at Cardiff, 1944 The exhibition which toured Britain, is shown in the Municipal Park in Cardiff. A glider is in the centre of the picture.

At a Royal Air Force Fighter Station in Britain, November 1942 A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force undergoing an engine overhaul just outside a blister hangar on the north side of More

At a Royal Air Force Fighter Station in Britain, November 1942 A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force undergoing an engine overhaul in a blister hangar on the north side of Fairlop ai More

At a Royal Air Force Fighter Station in Britain, November 1942 A pilot at Fairlop airfield in Essex has a haircut during a break between sweeps. A Supermarine Spitfire is in the background.

At a Royal Air Force Fighter Station in Britain, November 1942 A Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX of No 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force undergoing an engine overhaul just outside a blister hangar on the north side of More

At a Royal Air Force Fighter Station in Britain, November 1942 A few words from a fellow pilot before the engine-start of Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, BR600 `SH-V', of No. 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force at Fairl More

Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) girls at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit at Shoeburyness in Essex, recovering shells from the mud flats at low tide, 1943. Auxiliary Territorial Service: ATS girls at t More

Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) girls at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit, at Shoeburyness in Essex, using the Window Position Finder to sight shell bursts in the air or water, 1943. Auxiliary Territor More

Auxiliary Territorial Service plotters at work at 428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, December 1942. Auxiliary Territorial Service plotters at work at 428 Battery, Coast Defence Artiller More

The Royal Air Force in Britain, October 1942 Rod cleaning the front machine guns of Avro Lancaster R5666/`KM-F', while another member of the ground crew cleans the cockpit windows. Comment : Squadron code KM a More

The Royal Air Force in Britain, October 1942 A rigger touches up the code letters KM-O of Avro Lancaster R5540, No 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force at Waddington, Lincolnshire.