Italian Munitions Manufacture 1914-1918

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)

Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1935
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1138

Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent

Scope & Content: Ore boats and cars are unloaded, blast furnaces are charged, cast iron poured, blanks for large gun barrels forged, the barrels turned on a lathe, and gun turrets machine tooled. Trench mortar shells are finished, loaded, and welded. Powder charges and shells are weighed and inspected. Shows airplane motors and trucks on an assembly line. Lenses are inspected and reflectors for searchlights polished. Metal plates are cut and shaped for ship construction. A submarine is launched.

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
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 24642
Local Identifier:111-H-1138

http://research.archives.gov/description/24642

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