Picture No | 10610835 |
Date | 1939 |
Description | King George VI visits a Royal Ordnance factory, WWII |
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King George VI being given a tour of inspection of a Royal Ordnance factory and seeing at first-hand the immense effort being put in to produce arms, in this case anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns. Picture shows the King watching some of the women workers in the factory sorting ammunition.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 4 November 1939 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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