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WWII - 1941, USA: Government Documentary, Building A Bomber R2 of 2

Reel Number: 250096-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1941

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 22:09:43

TC Ends: 22:18:39

Duration: 00:08:56

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1941 - Aircraft Construction - B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber Men working on wings on assembly line & on sub-assembly line; moved by overhead crane for final assembly. 22:10:14 Wings parts in sub-assembly formations; after-tail / emplanage sections. Center sections in final sub-assembly; gas welders. 22:11:38 Moving belts w/ men working w/ small parts inspected. Metal castings & x-raying for flaws. Operator at controls. Magnaflux inspection & viewing photograph. 22:12:59 Tracking shot past parts bins & racks. 22:13:41 Men moving wheel assembly; nose sub-assembly pushed into place & fuselage sections joined. wing moved on supports. 22:14:25 Fuselage moved by overhead crane; wings moved into place & motor lowered & bolted into mounting. Men working on lines in wing. Bolting motor & gas lines attached. 22:15:26 Pan over row of bombers. 22:15:39 Painting camouflage & mounting plexiglass nose. 22:16:02 Hanger door opening, workers inside & out; tractor / tug pulling out Army B-26 Marauder medium bomber w/o propellors. 22:16:39 Rows of completed bombers w/ canvas over engines. Testing landing gear assembly, CUs. 22:17:23 Airmen in front of completed bomber & climbing into cockpit. Motors started, taking off; low pass over camera & airfield. The End. Propaganda; War Effort; WW2; WWII; Precision Aviation Technology; Aircraft Construction; Factory; 1940s; 1941; Assembly Line; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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