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The British raid on the Lofoten Islands when oil plants were put out of action, oil stocks burnt, prisoners taken and large parties of Norwegian volunteers brought back to serve in the allied forces
A celluloid factory in Yugoslavia, before the war employing 3, 000 people, was turned over to the manufacture of explosives by the Italians when they landed in the country
Women shoemakers in England during World War II. Circa 1941
Royal Ordnance Factory. Private M Webster with Private Elsie Bolton, both of Liverpool, working on a cardboard carton manufacturing machine which turns out 1200 boxes a day
A corner of the 800 acres Royal Ordnance factory and estate at Kirkby which the Government has offered to Liverpool Corporation for development as a new industrial estate. Circa 1945
Working on two shifts in the twenty four hours, the entire Fire Brigade at a large Ministry of Supply factory in the South of England are assembling rifles instead of idly waiting for the fire alarm
Fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force whose lives were saved by parachutes make a visit to the factory where the parachutes were produced
The FW 190 fuselage and parts plant at the end of the marshalling yards in Poznan, Poland, pictured a few moments before attack by Eighth aF heavy bombers. 9th April 1944
Female factory workers checking land mine detectors. A row of finished detector heads. The apparatus for recording their reactions to hidden mines is fitted separately. June 1943
A lady working in a munitions factory. She is using what looks to be a bow saw. Location unknown Picture taken 22nd June 1942
War munition workers. Two ladies. Picture taken 2nd April 1941
War munition workers. A lady in her thick rubber protective overall. Picture taken 6th June 1942
Two ladies (un named) working in a Fighter Aircraft Factory in The Midlands. Here they are rivetting on the framework of a Spitfire. Picture taken 4th April 1941
RAF Photo Reconnaissance image showing extensive damage to the Siemens and Halske plant in the Siemensstadt area of Berlin following a raid on the German capital by RAF Bomber Command on the night
RAF Photo Reconnaissance image of damage to the Franz Clouth Rubber Works in Cologne following a heavy night raid by RAF Bomber Command. A Sheds burnt out, only a few walls remain
RAF Photo Reconnaissance image taken after a heavy raid on the Krupps Workd at Essen by RAF Bomber Command on the night of 5th/6th March 1943
Munition working ladies in their factory. They are enjoying their moment together for the photograph, and have a great role together, helping the war effort.. Picture taken 17th August 1942
War munition workers. Male and female. Picture taken 31st October 1941
Picture shows a factory in Liverpool, Merseyside, building boats or floating vessels during World War Two. Picture taken 7th December 1944
Large volumes of smoke from the south end of the Stork Engineering and Diesel Engine Works in Hengelo, Holland, during a successful raid by RAF Mosquito aircraft on 20th January 1943
The Polish Minister of Finance, Mr Henryk Strasburger, visits a Flower Factory in Cardiff, South Wales. Actual town unknown. Picture taken 9th January 1942
Just one more job of work the ATS are doing to help with the war, precision work in a Western Command Ordinance factory. Hundreds of binoculars are made here. 18th November 1942
Women at work at Chiswick Bus Depot in West London during the Second World War. Left is Mrs Florence Brown with Mrs Ann Dennis at work on one of the bus chassis while it moves along the conveyor
Members of the Turkish Mission who are touring Great Britain at a South Wales factory. Jan 1943
Aerial photographic-reconnaissance image taken by No 1 PRU, RAF, showing damage to the main diesel-engine assembly workshop in the MAN factory at Augsburg, Germany
Billy Hughes cuts into the monster birthday cake to celebrate Fords 25th birthday at their plant in Halewood. Billy is employee number one on the clock at the plant
Reckitt & Colman, Hull. July 1941
At this factory in the North East of England over 100 men and women are working on material for the Ministry of Supply, a great deal of it for the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy
Workers at a jam factory in Maidenhead, Kent prepare jars of jam for customers during the Second World War. 23rd October 1943
Workers at Wisbech Smedleys Cannery works bottle and can locally grown fruit and vegetables which are then are sent all around during the Second World War. 6th October 1943
Miss Jennifer Kitt, 20, Mettoys beauty queen who works in the assembly plant models some products at the factory in Fforestfach, Swansea. 28th July 1967
Cadbury s, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands. The robot tug which travels around the factory collecting chocolates etc. without a driver. 2nd October 1967
Snuff production at Sharrow Mills, Sheffield. Staff work in the 17th Century office. 5th September 1967
Prime Minister John Major visiting a Nissan car factory. 29th March 1992
Consultant designer William Van Overdyk shows off his latest designs at the Burton factory in Leeds. 21st July 1976
Staff at work at Burton the Tailors, Leeds. 13th December 1967
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits British Vita, Middleton. 28th June 1972
Port Sunlight Works and Part of Village, Merseyside, Circa 1914
Port Sunlight Works, Merseyside, Circa 1914
Women on the Crunchie packing line at the Frys Chocolate factory, Keynsham. 1st March 1967
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visits the Jaguar assembly plant at Browns Lane, Coventry. The Duke chats to supervisor John Watts and John Parry, left
Wheels being dipped in chemicals in preparation for their tyres for the production line at the Triumph car factory in Coventry. 23 September 1931
Female workers packing tins of Cherry Blossom boot polish at Cherry Blossom Boot Polish and Mansion Polish Works, Chiswick, London, 12 November 1931
Worker feeding tobacco leaf in to a machine at the start of the cigarette manufacture in the Players cigarette factory, Nottingham. 20th April 1933
Female workers filling tins with Mansion Polish at Cherry Blossom Boot Polish and Mansion Polish Works, Chiswick, 12 November 1931
A worker casts components from molten metal at the new one million pound furnace at Fords automotive factory in Dagenham. 25th June 1934
Workers feeding tobacco leaf in to machines at the start of the cigarette manufacture in the Players cigarette factory, Nottingham. 20th April 1933
Female workers in the packing department of the Players cigarette factory, Nottingham. 20th April 1933
