Munitionsanfertigung, 1918

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Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964)
Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 1918
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1106
Translated title: Munitions of war
Sound Type: Silent
Scope & Content: Reel 1, shell casings are forged, bored, milled, and charged and sealed. The shells are painted, cleaned, and inspected. Reel 2, a forging is hammered by a drop forge. A gun chamber is pressed and measured, milled, and rifled. Reel 3, airplanes are assembled: fuselage spacers and wing fillets are cut from wood, wing assemblies wired and covered, fuselage sections assembled and sanded, and tail and wing sections attached to the fuselage. Planes take off, do loops, and land.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
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National Archives Identifier: 24613
Local Identifier: 111-H-1106
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