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Pre-WWII - 1938, USA: Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing - Assembly Line & Engineering / Drafting Room

Reel Number: 221732-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1938,1930s

Country: USA

Location: California,SANTA MONICA

TC Begins: 23:21:47

TC Ends: 23:31:21

Duration: 00:09:34

Pre-WWII - 1938, USA: Douglas Aircraft Manufacturing - Assembly Line & Engineering / Drafting Room Men working Douglas Aircraft large drop forming presses; CUs. Men using air hose to clean out die & drop forming large part & removing 23:22:41 Men working at large punch press & removing parts, stacking & inspecting. MCU of inspector checking w/ micrometer. 23:24:13 CU operating buttons & lights. CU hydraulic pressure gage in tons of pressure. 23:25:05 View down on factory floor w/ man wing sections being assembled & parts wheeled past. MCUs of men assembling wins sections in jigs. Fuselage (?) sections in background. 23:26:36 Wooden catwalk sections raised & wing section w/ rear fairing for engines in place. Wing section hanging from overhead track pulled forward & to new position by men on shop floor. 23:27:20 Men working in multiple wing sections hanging from overhead rails. MS & CUs of men riveting. 23:29:38 LS across engineers & draftsmen working in large room. MS of men looking at blue prints; MCUs. 23:30:18 CU draftsmen w/ pencil & T-square mounted on drafting table. MS other draftsmen. 23:31:11 CU Corner identification of Douglas Aircraft Co, Santa Monica, CA drawing. Aviation Industry; Pre-WW2; Military Cargo Planes; C-47 Transports; Commercial Aviation DC-3; NOTE: Good quality & coverage, interesting.

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