Picture Post 1938-1950

Picture Post is not only one of the great success stories of journalism; it is also a part of history. Started, without much confidence, in 1938, it rapidly won a place in the public's affections, its sales rising at the peak of its success to well over a million copies a week. This selection, reproduced from the original pages, includes specially commissioned `hindsight' articles to form a brilliant documentary record of an extraordinary era...