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New Role for Grenadier Guards; IWM PST 15667

Object description: whole: the 15 images occupy the majority. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black. The text is separate and placed in the upper left, held within a narrow black border, and beneath each image as a caption, in black. All set against a white background. image: a series of photographs illustrating different aspects of the British war effort, including depictions of military vehicles, military personnel and civilian war workers. text: M.50059-H3697-D.5552-800 6.6.41 THE WAR TOLD FOR YOU IN PICTURES [b]Britain's Mechanised Army - New Role for Grenadier Guards[/b] - New Machine Gun - Guarding Britain's Coasts - Wreckage of German Planes - Land Army Girls at Work - Fighters of the Fleet Air Arm - Another Convoy Reaches Port. British troops exercising in an ancient castle in England. With rifle and bayonet they are still being taught to fight in the traditional British way, but everywhere they are supported with powerful mechanised units. The men inspecting the wreckage of this German Heinkel 111, which was brought down by an R.A.F. fighter over England, belong to the searchlight crew which revealed it in the night sky. Once this promenade on the Brighton coast was used by holiday-makers from London. Now, until the account with Germany is settled, it is manned by these 4-inch guns and gunners who keep themselves efficient with constant practice. Bren gun carriers of the British Army, with the guns trained for aerial attack, in action during exercises in Britain. Members of Britain's Home Guard practice with a Vickers machine-gun, under the supervision of a soldier of the Regular Army. [b]The Grenadier Guards, Britain's most famous infantry regiment, is now a mechanised and quick-striking force of modern warfare.[/b] A British soldier points to the bullet-smashed nose of another German bomber shot down on the coasts of Britain. Mr. Anthony Eden, British Secretary for War, inspecting an armoured division in the Eastern Command. A Brigade Reconnaissance Group driving through an English village. These new units of the British Army, with their armoured cars and motor- cycles, will be used as advanced striking forces. Blackburn Roc aircraft, two-seater fighters of the British Fleet's Air Arm, flying in formation. British soldiers receiving instruction in the use of the Besa machine-gun, a new weapon for the British Army. It can be fired from the ground or from a moving vehicle, and is equally effective against ground or air attack. A German airman being searched by a British officer. He was one of a crew of five shot down in a Heinkel 111 on the south-east coast of Britain by a British Hurricane fighter. The broken wing of a Junkers 88, which was brought down in a Kentish town. Britain's Land Army girls working in the fields. Under the protecting guns of a British destroyer another convoy sails safely into port. Picture Sheet No. 17. Issued by Information Office, P.O. Box 384, Salisbury Physical description: Picture Sheet No. 17. Part of a series of posters produced under the titles 'The War in Pictures' and 'The War Told For You in Pictures'. M.50059. H3697. D.5552. 800. Inscription: 17 Catalogue number: Art.IWM PST 15667 Production date 1940-12-12Place made Great Britain Subject period: Second World War Materials: medium: lithograph, support: paper Dimensions: Support: Height 635 mm, Support: Width 495 mm Alternative Names: object category: Poster Creator: Unknown (artist), Information Office (publisher/sponsor) Category: posters

New Role for Grenadier Guards; IWM PST 15667
dbf, Apr 28, 2013