... ALMOST PERFECT DOWN TO THE LAST GAITER BUTTON: THE BRITISH SOLDIER'S COMPREHENSIVE EQUIPMENT FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. (Specially taken for The Illustrated War News by Fox Photos.) In answer to a question in the House on October 11, Mr. Hore-Belisha, Minister for War, stated that it was generally felt that the Forces were equipped in the finest possible manner. He said that he did not pretend that ...

... COMPLEMENTARY ELEMENTS OF OUR A.-A. DEFENCE THE SOUND-LOCATOR, WHICH FINDS THE RAIDER'S POSITION IN THE SKY. UTILISING THE NOISE OF HIS MOTORS, ALLOWING THE SEARCHLIGHTS TO BE TRAINED ON HIM. f Central Press.) ...

... THE GUNS OF THE FLEET GUARANTEEING, AS IN NELSON'S DAY, THE COMMAND OF THE SEAS BRITISH BATTLESHIPS ABOUT TO OPEN FIRE. (L.N. A.) ...

... BRITAIN'S LEADERS IN THE WAR AT SEA LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMANDERS OF OUR FLEETS. _____ ADMIRAL SIR DUDLEY A. POUND. (Bar rails.) Admiral Sir Dudley Pound was appointed i First Sea Lord and Chief J of Naval Staff in May I 1939. Previously he had been C.-in-C. of the Mediterranean station 1 since 1936. Served 1 during the last war, including Jutland, where he was in command of the ...

... A BRITISH DESTROYER AT FULL SPEED AFTER DROPPING A DEPTH-CHARGE THE SPOUTS INDICATING THE EXPLOSION'S TERRIFIC FORCE. (Photos, by Fox taken previous to the outbreak of war.) Depth-charges, along with bombing from the air, constitute the chief danger to the U-boat and above we show a British destroyer steaming away at top speed after dropping a depth-charge. So great is the explosion that ...

... ENGLAND'S NEW IRONSIDES THUNDERING OVER THE LEVEL: FAST LIGHT TANKS THE CAVALRY OF MODERN ARMIES-- AT EXERCISE. c (Fox.) i ...

... ADOLF HITLER A PRIVATE IN THE LAST WAR, SUPREME WAR-LORD IN HIS OWN AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. (Wide World.) History can show no more astounding instance of change of fortune than that which in a quarter of a century has made a former Austrian builder's labourer and an ordinary private during the war of 1914-18 into the sole arbitrator for his entire nation and their ...

... GUNNERY TRAINING IN THE FLEET AIR ARM AN INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A CAMERA-GUN TO A RATTNr. (C.P.) This is one of the first photographs to be taken at a naval air station since the outbreak of war, and shows an instructor teaching a rating to work a camera-gun. At this particular station signaller-gunners drawn from the lower deck are trained for duty with the Fleet Air Arm. By a ...

... GERMANS FOR WHOM THE WAR IS ALREADY OVER PRISONERS OF WAR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND (RIGHT) A PRISONER RECEIVING ORDERS Aitnough certain prisoners of war at Donnington Hall between 1914 and 1918 made capital out of their experiences by painting adverse pictures, of their life j *n England in post-war books, the majority of German prisoners here were fully content. Indeed, it was sometimes ...

... ON THE PROPAGANDA FRONT B.B.C. MONITORS AT WORK -- EXPERT LINGUISTS WHO LISTEN-IN TO ALL FOREIGN BROADCASTS. (Keystone Photos.) The War in the Ether has not developed into the chaos of jamming that was predicted by many experts; but the B.B.C. has taken many defensive measures and is playing an important part on the propaganda front- This entails constant monitoring that is. listening-in to ...

... THE 41 CITY OF FLINT,*' THE U.S. SHIP CAPTURED BY THE DEUTSCHLAND BUT FREED BY THE NORWEGIANS, WHO INTERNED THE PRIZE CREW. (Planet.) The release of the American merchant ship City of Flint by the Norwegian authorities on November 3 caused an outburst of fury in Germany, and the Nazi Government lodged a protest in Oslo. The vessel, it will be remembered, was stopped by the 44 Deutschland 44 on ...

... TRAINING MEN FOR OUR MECHANISED ARMY A UNIT OF THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS AT AN INSTRUCTION CENTRE IN ENGLAND. (Keystone.) ...