An American munition factory.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense industries.

Factories.

Work.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 2 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1917.

Summary:

"AN AMERICAN MUNITION FACTORY. The old scrap steel is cut up with enormous shears and then melted down to be used for shells. A magnetised crane lifting tons of scrap steel." Three workmen feed scrap metal into the mouth of the giant shears, which cuts them into small pieces.

Notes:

Issue number: 282-2.

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.