Manufacture of Ordnance Materiel 19171918

(Video is silent)

Reel 1, rifle barrels, stocks, and trigger guards are made. Rifles are assembled, fired, and crated; bayonets and Browning machine gun barrels are forged. Reel 2, parts for the Browning are cut and trimmed, filed, and assembled. Reel 3 shows work in a Bethlehem Steel Co. plant: molten steel is poured into drums; electric magnets lift pigs; cannon tubes are made; guns are assembled; bombs are loaded and fused; caissons are finished; cannons are loaded onto a freight train.

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: 1936

Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1162
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent

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: 24667
Local Identifier: 111-H-1162

http://research.archives.gov/description/24667

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