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Manufacture of Ordnance Materiel R2 of 3

Reel Number: 220740-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1916-1918

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 23:25:44

TC Ends: 23:40:50

Duration: 00:15:06

Man at belt driven horizontal drill, drilling various holes in wooden stocks & trimming for Browning rifle. Man at lathe turning rifle stocks. Other men at various machines manufacturing guns. Grinding; punch presses; forming 23:32:19 Women working in factory, assembling parts; women at grinding machines. Men at grinding machines w/ parts in jigs. 23:34:16 Women gauging parts. Man assembling rifles by hand. Guns tested - firing at target. Finished guns moved in racks. 23:36:06 Crowds of factory workers leaving at end of shift. Electric trolleys, trams. 23:36:30 Women at drill presses 23:36:40 Woman selecting gauge / gage (?) from rack. 23:36:55 Manufacture of machine guns: Man polishing part; another filing part in vise. Women filing parts. Women working a long table bench inspecting barrels. Men assembling parts; army officers check. LS men & women at benches assembling; MCU. 23:39:47 Final assembly & test firing multiple rounds. 23:40:41 Steel mill (?) exterior. Manufacturing; 1910s; WWI; WW1; Armament Manufacture; Ordnance Materiel;

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