5925347 Shell production at Sir Robert Hadfield Ltd in Sheffield, 1914 (lantern slide) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: Shell production at Sir Robert Hadfield Ltd in Sheffield, 1914. Lantern slide, World War One, Home Front (1914-1918), 1914. Following the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Herbert Asquith\'s Liberal Government had tried to run the war economy on a ?business as usual? basis with little direct state control over the mobilisation of Britain?s resources. After the set back at Neuve Chapelle in 1915, the British Commander-in-Chief, Sir John French, claimed the attack had failed due to a lack of shells. This led to the \'Shell Crisis\' of 1915 and the collapse of Asquith\'s government. A new coalition government was formed with Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions. The creation of this new post was a recognition that the whole economy would have to be geared for total war if the Allies were to prevail on the Western Front. From a box of 18 lantern slides.); by National Army Museum ; out of copyright.