Ww Ii Collection (page 9)

Chief Censor, C. V. Usborne, 1939
Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne who was in charge of the government department censoring press activities in Britain during World War II

Making a shell, 1939
A munitions worker performing of the many operations that go to the making of a shell. The projectiles he is working on are still noseless - without the pointed cap which will be fitted later

Unfinished illustration of a 1940s couple by David Wright
Unfinished illustration by David Wright, better know for his pin-up girls during World War II, showing an elegantly dressed woman seated at a table and having a drink with an (unfinished)

British Army lands in France, 1939
British Army landing in France after crossing the Channel aboard steamers accompanied by destroyers to protect against enemy submarines

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

Senglea Maritime Festival

ATS - cooking for the Army, 1939
Female ATS workers inspecting a boiled roly poly pudding while learning how to cook for the troops in training. Date: 1939

French sailors on leave in London, 1939
French sailors on leave in London escorting a member of the A.F.S. Date: 1939

Duke of Kent as a boy with barrage balloon toy
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935) pictured at the age of five playing with a wartime-theme barrage balloon toy Christmas present. 1940

British Expeditionary Force arrive in France, 1939
A British column of Army lorries is cheerily greeted by French military motor cyclists as it moves through a French village in the early weeks of World War Two. Date: 1939

Sphere cover 1939 - Borowenski at Brest-Litovsk
The Russian Commander Borowenski meeting the German Army at Brest-Litovsk in the centre of dismembered Poland, to discuss demarcation into German and Russian Poland

Russian armoured car rattles through Polish town, 1939
The advance of the Russian Army into Poland. Scene in Rakov, a small Polish town of typical wooden houses. As the countryside was practically unoccupied by Polish forces these armoured columns

British nurses and airmen land in France, 1939
Nurses wearing a Red Cross armlet and a Red Cross ribbon round their hats disembark from a Channel steamer after arriving at an undisclosed location in France in the early weeks of World War II

Soldier, World War II by David Wright
Painting by David Wright of a soldier in Army uniform identified only as John seated while drawing in a sketchbook. 1943

Open-air concert given by soldiers, 1939
An open-air concert held on an old-time elevated stage in the grounds of a Sussex mansion for over 1500 soldiers prior to their leaving for overseas in October 1939. Date: 1939

Land Army Girls carry milk pails, 1939
Two women at the Cheshire School of Agriculture pictured carrying milk pails to the dairy. Here, Womens Land Army volunteers learnt all classes of farm work from feeding pigs to milking the cows

VJ Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory over Japan Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with lots of fun and games

Wartime Lifeboat Crew after a dramatic rescue, Walton
Eight members of the lifeboat crew at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured on the day they rescued three men from the barge Martha

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

Queen Elizabeth II in wartime
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number featuring photographs of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) during World War II

German Army on the road to Brest - Litovsk, 1939
Military traffic endeavouring to pass in the opposite direction on the road to Brest-Litovsk in central Poland during the invasion of the country in 1939

New Polish Cabinet in Paris, 1939
A new Polish Cabinet formed to lead and direct the Polish effort, despite the country being overrun by the German and Russian armies. The new Government was, second from left, M

Guide to available moonlight during 1939
A diagram prepared for readers of The Sphere in order that they may know, at a glance, how much moonlight they will get on any particular evening of the period

Finishing School for debutantes moves from abroad, 1939
A finishing school for wartime debutantes relocated from Florence to a large country house in Hampshire. Here, girls who would in peacetime have been sent abroad to learn a foreign language

Public queuing to see Faust, 1939
A photograph revealing the publics appetite for theatre during World War II despite the black-outs, restricted train services and other discomforts

Spitfires under construction, 1939
Spitfire fighter aircraft being manufactured in an undisclosed location in England. Each powered with a supercharged Rolls Royce engine, they were the fastest fighting aeroplanes in service in 1939

VE Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory in Europe Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with food and cakes which had been in very short supply during the war years

Red Army distributing Moscow newspapers after invasion of Po
Russian soldiers engaged in feeding the liberated Polish population with a plentiful supply of Bolshevik propaganda. The soldiers here are distributing Moscow newspapers to peasants near Vilna

ATS - new Army cooks in training, 1939
An instructor showing female ATS workers how to regulate the kitchen ovens in order to turn out appetising cakes and buns for the new troops in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

Battle dress of the British Army, 1939
Front and back view of a trooper in the British Army with annotations pointing out key features such as the helmet cover to prevent reflections when wet, the anti gas sheet, gas mask at alert

British soldiers in stables billet, France, 1939
Billeting down in a thoroughly traditional manner in a French farmhouse stable, likened by The Sphere to what it might have been like to be with Marlborough in Flanders

ATS - using a brick field oven in training, 1939
Female ATS workers in training, learning to cook using field equipment in the early weeks of World War Two. Date: 1939

The Supply Council, Second World War, 1939
The first meeting of the Supply Council, set up on 21 September 1939. When the ministry was set up under the Ministry of Supply Act 1939 it became responsible for the administration of the Royal

Duke of Kent tours naval shipyards, 1939
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1900 - 1940), on a tour of naval shipyards in the north during the Second World War. Pictured here chatting to one of the officials encountered during his tour

Trainee milkmaids, Womens Land Army, 1939
Trainee milkmaids working at Plumpton Agricultural College as recruits to the Womenss Land Army, some of whom previously worked in London stores. Date: 1939

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

Children collecting paper to aid war effort, Walton, Essex
This group of children at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, have collected paper and cardboard for salvage to support the war effort. circa 1940

British Army Sunday morning service in France, 1939
British soldiers at a Sunday morning church service outside a little French chapel in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

Bombs reveal underground railway in Warsaw, 1939
Following the bombardment and subsequent invasion of Warsaw, photograph revealing the citys underground railway system only a few feet below the surface. Date: 1939

British Army transport trucks, 1939
Transport trucks of the British Army in France, laden with equipment and food, starting out for the days journey. Date: 1939

Destruction in Warsaw after invasion, 1939
A group of German soldiers watch the devastation of the Praga quarter of Warsaw from behind their batteries following the invasion of the Polish capital in September 1939. Date: 1939

London tube made air raid proof, 1939
Page from The Sphere outlining how London Underground had carried out emergency work on the under-river tube tunnels to make them waterproof from flooding during World War II

Women transport drivers, World War Two, 1939
A female driver handling a big Army Service Corps lorry during World War II. Date: 1939

National Gallery daytime concerts during WWII, 1939
Emptied of its Old Masters (transferred to a place of safety in the country), the National Gallery re-opened to the public as a concert hall during World War II

Mounted infantryman, 1939
A mounted infantryman, with his carbine rifle at his side, pauses astride his horse to light a cigarette. Date: 1939

Parents attending an evacuation party, 1939
Scene when 1000 parents from Tottenham went by coach to see their evacuated children at Saffon Walden in Essex. Picture shows the reunion of some of the children

German mine landed on Dutch coast, 1939
A huge German mine pictured on the beach along the Dutch coast where numerous mines drifted during the first few weeks of World War II

British Army on board ship on the way to France, 1939
British soldiers on board a Channel steamer on their way to France, all wearing lifebelts around their necks in case of an emergency. Date: 1939

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