Title:MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION WORKSHOP [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BTF 30
Other titles:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Aircraft and torpedo tail production at an Eastleigh workshop, in Hampshire. The main focus of the work is on making wooden aircraft wings and torpedo tail units. There is also brief record of a Merchant Navy class locomotive.
Description: (30 November – 1 December 1942) Ministry of Aircraft Production workshop at Eastleigh Works, Hampshire. A female worker cuts through wood using a router. Pre-cut wooden sections are taken to a workbench, where they are hammered and glued into a jig. CH203-208
(3 December 1942) A Merchant Navy class locomotive, steaming towards the camera near Eastleigh Works, haulling several passenger carriages. Cuts back; to work being undertaken in an Eastleigh workshop. A short sequence featuring a female worker stamping and numbering blocks of wood. Another short sequence shows the wood being weighed out on a small set of mechanical scales, to check for moister absorption. Aircraft construction, for Horsa gliders, concludes with a fully covered tail section being fitted with a rudder. (3 min 55 sec) OSH209-211
Alternative Title:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
