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Making Shoes For the Wrens- the Manufacture of Footwear For the Women's Royal Naval Service at a Factory in the Midlands, England, UK, 1944 D23043

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Making Shoes For the Wrens- the Manufacture of Footwear For the Women's Royal Naval Service at a Factory in the Midlands, England, UK, 1944 D23043

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Making Shoes For the Wrens- the Manufacture of Footwear For the Women's Royal Naval Service at a Factory in the Midlands, England, UK, 1944
A member of the Women's Royal Naval Service watches a shoemaker at work on a large machine which attaches the upper to the last, after the insole have been tacked on. This process is known as 'pulling over' and forms the foundation of lasting. The last is the shoemaker's model for shaping the shoe.

The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.

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