Worker and War Front No. 3

An enticing government call for men to retrain as skilled engineers to help with the war effort.

Wartime news magazine for factory workers, sponsored by the Ministry of Supply. News items often stressed the value of the 'factory front'.

Women train for war work at Marchwood Park House in this remarkable film which features camouflaged factories, barrage balloons, gas masks and a netball match.

A wartime magazine made to motivate and inform war workers, commissioned by the Ministry of Information in 1942 and exclusively screened in factories.

An appeal for citizens to give up their old bed frames and garden tools, as part of a government drive to salvage resources for the war effort.

Wartime news magazine for factory workers, sponsored by the Ministry of Supply. News items often stressed the value of the 'factory front'.

Bookbinding and a bagatelle: training for disabled people in the interwar years.

Student life and all that jazz - a visit to Liverpool University in1952.

It's a hard life being an misunderstood genius - I really should get out more.

Good luck and safe motorcycling! Let the experts show you how.

Riding around the city on the Dockers' Umbrella - the last days of an iconic local landmark.

Any old iron? The people of the North West contribute to the nationwide collection of scrap metal.

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

Members of Queen Victoria's extended family being natural for the cameras

Victorian pooches at play

A brisk drill on a cold winter's day