| A FINE ACHIEVEMENT Munitions factory is built at Johannesburg; good footage of workers inside when finished. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7780 |
| Catalog #: | 511280 | |
| Clip Number: | 511280-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1201 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:48:02 - 01:50:22 | |
| Location: | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Factories INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc INDUSTRY: Munitions / Weapons / Armaments LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa, Johannesburg OCCUPATIONS: Factory Workers OCCUPATIONS: Women WEAPONS: Bombs WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Weapons | |
| Description: | 'African Mirror No. 255 - A FINE ACHIEVEMENT'. Johannesburg, South Africa. Various shots of men working on construction of munitions factory at Crown Lines. Train cars roll in. Shot of men Shoveling fill material. Commentator explains that the materials being used here were recycled from a different building. Several shots of men shoveling and using wheelbarrows. Shot of factories frame in place. Shot of men rolling bomb casing. Shot of several bombs stacked up outside the partly-built factory. Shots of construction as a wall is being built and steel beams are being lifted. Panning shot of factory with facade. Aerial view of finished factory. New machinery is put into place inside the factory. Several shots of workers (mostly women) at work on machinery. Nice CUs of factory workers and machinery. Shots of bombs stacked up. | |
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