WWII Homefront - Douglas Aircraft Factory, Long Beach, CA

WWII Homefront - Douglas Aircraft Factory, Long Beach, CA Women & men working on motors on stands (focus prob.). A-20 (Fighter-Bomber) engine line. Pratt-Whitney engine line w/ Black workers stacking parts. Man w/ tattoos working on wing; Pulling out large bomber tyres from rack with poster Racist 'Tokio Kid' above. 02:02:52 Grandmotherly women working on installation for fuel & oil lines. Dolly shot past older men (over 65 yrs old) filing parts on bench. Master machinist instructing woman at metal lathe; old man working on multiple-bit drill press w/ sign behind 'When you're AWOL you're working for the Axis'. Old men at grinders, & filing at bench. Women sewing in upholstery department. 02:06:31 MCU of woman in kerchief at Singer sewing machine. MS woman welding with acetylene torches. CU. 02:08:57 Douglas Aircraft, El Segundo, CA. Sailor moves wing past camera; interior of hanger with Scout Bomber (SBD) pushed out by sailor trainees & civilians. SBD on line as Commander & two Lts. inspect & accept. Sailor trainees working on planes. Interior of SBD production line. Worker installing cartridge box. Young Chinese man working on engine. 09:28:36 Douglas Aircraft plant w/ assembly line of A-20 (Fighter-Bomber) & B-17F (Super flying Fortresses) & C-47 (Army Cargo Transports). Various shots. LS B-17F assembly line. A-20 Assembly line.