Bridgeman Education

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A "Ditching" party of Women of the Volunteer Land Corps at work digging a deep drainage ditch in the fields at Cheshunt Herts, 24 August 1942 (b/w photo)

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Market scenes in Maidstone, Kent, c. 1945 (b/w photo)

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Scenes along the River Thames in Richmond, Greater London, c. 1945 (b/w photo)

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A Spitfire fighter plane, Mark XIV during the Second World War. September 1944 (b/w photo)

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Scenes along the River Thames in Richmond, Greater London, c. 1945 (b/w photo)

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Coracle fishers at Cenarth carry their Craft on their backs, c. 1945 (b/w photo)

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A view of Cardiff Castle, Wales, c. 1940 (b/w photo)

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Young boys playing on some stepping stones on a river in Surrey, c. 1945 (b/w photo)

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Spitfire fighter planes of the RAF on dawn to dusk patrol over Italy in support of the beach-head operations south of Rome, February 1944 (b/w photo)

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The new Coventry cathedral stands directly next to the ruins of the former one which was bombed in the Blitz of 1940. 6th September 1963 (b/w photo)

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Aviation - Spitfire - A picture of the new improved Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire - c. 1941 (b/w photo)

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Ranger training preparing US troops for the invasion of Europe during the Second World War. Two combatants toss each other about while their companions battle it out as American troops in England go through intensive tactical training exercise. 19th April 1944 (b/w photo)

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One of the vital weapons of the US Army now manoeuvring on the rugged downs and beaches of England in preparation for the invasion of occupied Europe is the giant M-25 which recovers damaged tanks and other heavy vehicles. Moving just one step behind the battle, the M-25 is completely buttoned up with armour plating for protection against enemy fire and also mounts a 60 calibre machine gun. Picture shows an American medium tank being winched on to the trailer of the M-25 transport to a rear area. 19th February 1944 (b/w photo)

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Bomb damage at Invicta Road, East Greenwich, London during the Second World War. 14th November 1940 (b/w photo)

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Testing beacon light bulbs at the Leamington Glass Works Ltd, Leamington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. 25th January 1945 (b/w photo)

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A Lancaster bomber crewman screws on a nose art painting of Zola on to the side of the aircraft for good luck before a raid in WW2. July 1942 (b/w photo)

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Dispatch Rider Violet Goozee, March 1944 (b/w photo)

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Hop pickers arrive on the train from London to help harvest this year's crop. This family are shown leaving Paddock Wood station heading off to the hop fields - note the carpet! Paddock Wood remains the centre of hop growing in Kent and is home to 'The Hop Farm', a local museum attraction. 3rd September 1942 (b/w photo)

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Features - Stella Rutter who has written a book about her memories of the preparations for D-Day. She is pictured in her home in Emsworth, Hampshire. Stella in a studio photo from Sept. 1939 (b/w photo)

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Features - Stella Rutter who has written a book about her memories of the preparations for D-Day. She is pictured in her home in Emsworth, Hampshire. Stella in a studio photo from Sept. 1939 (b/w photo)

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A country scene, Castle Combe in Wiltshire, A man strolls through a country town with a shotgun under his arm, smoking a pipe, 1943 (b/w photo)

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The RMS Mauretania brought up the Thames to King George V Dock at Woolwich. She is the biggest ship to ever come up the Thames to unload her cargo. 6th August 1939 (b/w photo)

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The RMS Mauretania brought up the Thames to King George V Dock at Woolwich. She is the biggest ship to ever come up the Thames to unload her cargo. 6th August 1939 (b/w photo)

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Blazing debris descending on firemen as they play on the burning buildings in London's West End MOI Dated 17th April 1941 (b/w photo)

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Still Pole Squatting! 19th January 1940 (b/w photo)

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Doctors tend a wounded soldier of the 81st West African Division in an improvised operating theatre in the Kaladan Valley, Burma. A parachute is used as a roof. 6th September 1944 (b/w photo)

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Illustration for feature titles Hitler's Sister Was My Boss, 16th February 1940 (b/w illustration)

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Sir Hartley Shawcross, North-West Regional Commissioner, standing on the platform taking the salute at the march past of National Fire Service personnel from the Area Training School, Newsham Park, Liverpool., 23rd May 1944 (b/w photo)

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American wounded from the Normandy beach heads seen here arriving at a undisclosed British port on the South Coast 9th June 1944 (b/w photo)

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Bomb damage in Upper Canning Street, Liverpool. The shelters shown in the foreground were only slightly damaged and their occupants unhurt, when a high explosive bomb damaged houses converted into flats during a raid on, 27th October 1940., 28th October 1940 (b/w photo)