With Remembrance Day at the weekend – and a BBC television series World on Fire putting the emphasis on the Second World War – we selected 25 which reveal the conflict closer to home.
They focus on everything from the evacuation of Wearside schoolchildren to air raids.
9. Watching out for enemy aircraft
An aircraft spotter pictured in 1940. Photo: Sunderland Echo
10. Bombed in 1940
These Southwick families had been bombed out of their homes the previous night. But they passed the time with a game of dominoes in their temporary shelter while waiting to be billeted in other people's homes. Photo: Sunderland Echo
11. On duty against the threat of air raids
These air raid precaution telephonists are pictured at the A.R.P. centre in Sunderland in January 1940. Photo: SE
12. Shooting practice in 1940
The Volunteer Defence Corps Parachuters pictured in shooting practice in June 1940. Photo: Sunderland Echo