A photograph of a man selling flags beneath the statue of Boudicca on Westminster Bridge, London, taken by Nixon for the Daily Herald newspaper on 11 April, 1945.

A photograph of a man selling flags beneath the statue of Boudicca on Westminster Bridge, London, taken in April 1945 by Nixon.

With the end of the war against Germany in sight, Britain prepared to celebrate VE (Victory in Europe) Day. R Gordon Cummings, a reporter for the Daily Herald, talks to the flag seller.