In Formation Collection (page 2)

Ministry of Information editorial conference, 1939
Members of the Ministry of Information at Senate House, University of London in 1939. Left to right are seen, Tom Clarke, Deputy Director of the News Division, Alan Sinclair

Leaflet Raid at London Theatre, 1939
A shower of leaflets descending upon the audience at the London Palladium which was staging its first wartime revue, The Little Dog Laughed

Censorship during World War II, 1939
Squadron-Leader Elsdon on the left, censoring photographs at Senate House, London University during the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

Poster: Diphtheria is Deadly, Immunisation Protects. Showing a healthy, smiling child. 20th century

Male Child found dead -- reward poster

Metropolitan Police Information Room, London
General view of the Metropolitan Police Information Room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers busy taking calls. In the foreground are the Inspectors and Sergeants positions. Date: May 1974

Two Metropolitan Police radio operators in the control room. One officer is giving instructions for an announcement to be broadcast over the microphone. Date: mid 1950s

Metropolitan Police communications room, London
View of a Metropolitan Police communications room, showing three officers sitting at desks on the right. There are several push button telephones

Metropolitan Police breathalyser equipment
Two Metropolitan Police officers with a piece of equipment called an Intoximeter 3000 at New Scotland Yard, London. One officer is blowing into a tube

German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1
A German poster giving air raid instructions, warning of danger from enemy aircraft, and telling vehicles not to stop in this location. Date: 1914-1918

Aden Patrol Training Course
Patrol Training Course held in Sheikh Othman, Aden in 1961. Attended by Arab, Indian, Somali, Jewish & British Scouters. 1961

a Touring Booth - Patrolman helps lady with a map
a (Automobile Association) Touring Information Booth - An a Patrolman helps a lady with her route using a map. At the New Ground Crossroads junction on the road between Tring and Aylsbury (on the A41)

Contemplating a nutritional advice poster in London, 1940s
A woman and her little girl contemplate a large poster advising the British population to eat greens for vitality in an unidentified London street c. 1945. c.1945

Demobilization leaflet for soldiers
A printed demobilization leaflet for soldiers, Army Form Z 70, explaining why, although the Armistice has been signed, demobilisation must be a gradual process because of the large numbers involved

Aerial photograph, Allaines, Somme, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of Allaines and surrounding area, Somme, northern France, during the First World War, taken from a height of 800 metres

Dutch poster, main British ranks and insignia
Dutch poster showing the main British ranks and insignia in the various wartime services. 20th century

Booklet, Springboks during Second World War
Pages from a booklet, A Picture Story of the Union of South Africa, produced by the Ministry of Information. Showing South African troops, nicknamed Springboks, during the Second World War. 1940s

Poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well
Wartime poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well. Prevention is better than cure. 1940s

Poster seeking women for the ATS and WaF
Poster seeking women to join the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) -- full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange

Wartime poster warning against careless talk. A man wishes an RAF pilot " Good luck tomorrow", he is overheard, and there are unfortunate repercussions. Careless Talk Costs Lives. 1940s

Information poster, essential foods
Information poster giving details of essential foods needed during wartime rationing. 1940s

Poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables
Wartime poster, Eat Plenty of Green Vegetables and Keep Fit. 1940s

French Army Aircraft
In their annual manoeuvres, the French army experiments with the use of monoplanes for reconnaissance purposes, bringing back information about the enemys whereabouts. Date: September 1910

Montevideo wartime brochure cover
Cover of souvenir brochure of scenes from Montevideo, Uruguay, from the Municipal Office of Propaganda and Information, to the soldiers of Great Britain, defenders of the liberty of the world

RAF cadet with local yokel
Cartoon of an RAF trainee cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester, during World War Two being given no doubt valuable local information by a yokel clutching a pint of mild

Welcome to Durban
Cover of a Welcome to Durban - Khaki and Blue we welcome you leaflet compiled and published by the Durban Publicity Association for British service men

Service Overseas booklet
Cover of " Service Overseas", a booklet issued to British servicemen about to be posted overseas, and containing useful and practical information

Inside cover of the Illustrated London News
A standard inside cover of the The Illustrated London News, this wartime copy dates from July 4th 1914. Information on supplements

The General Election 1895
A night scene in Fleet Street showing crowds waited for the results of the General Election of 1895. With no other way to obtain up to the minute news of results

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster
World War Two poster encouraging civilians on the Home Front to save all bones for salvage as they can be made into bombs for the war effort

Splinters Poison
British World War Two information poster advising people to get first aid for splinters. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Information Ministry Building. Photo (33/40) from a fold-out set

Banks of Filing - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Companys Home Office Building in New York City. A view of the filing section - then, the largest outfit of steel filing cases in the world!

The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine 1860
The title page to " The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine". An illustrated journal combining practical information, instruction and amusement

Information poster showing enemy uniforms
Information poster showing two enemy German uniforms: a parachutist and a soldier. Spot at Sight Chart No. 1

A Night to Remember, book and film items
The book by Walter Lord, with an information folder and film poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

Lloyds Underwriters viewing the Casualties Board, 1890
Illustration showing a group of Lloyds underwriters viewing the Casualties Board, for information about damaged and sunk ships, Lodnon, 1890

RAF Operations Room; Second World War, 1940
Drawing showing a Royal Air Force Operations Room in 1940. At the top of the image a number of WaFs are shown moving counters and models across a large map of Southern England

The Gun Control Room, Britain; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing the interior of the Gun Control Room, the headquarters of Londons anti-aircraft defences during the Second World War, 1944

The Right Hon. F. E. Smith
Portrait of Mr. F. E. Smith, assigned head of the Press Bureau in 1914. With the outbreak of war, the Government decided to establish a Press Bureau for the control

Fire Control Top of an American Warship, 1910
Illustration of an American battleships Fire Control Top, November 1910. In battle, the officers in these elevated positions would pick targets for their gun crews

Missing Seamen 1941
Letter to a mother whose son was drowned when his ship was sunk by the enemy. It gives information about his pension arrangements

A Fashionable Information for Ladies in the Country

Police Officer & Soldier
Metropolitan police officer giving directions to an American soldier in London in a waterproof cape

Wartime Leaflets
Three public information leaflets, issued in Britain during World War Two, Air Raid Precautions, Your Gas Mask and Evacuation: Why and How

Clothing Poster
Poster for the Personal Service League requesting that unwanted clothes be donated to be distributed to those who need them

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