AIRCRAFT FACTORY - WING CONSTRUCTION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIRCRAFT FACTORY - WING CONSTRUCTION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 242
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Women and men assembling parts of aircraft (mainly wing parts) of all-metal construction. Men feeding wiring (?) through wing spars. Skeleton of wing fitted into large jig. Fitting panels, spars etc to wing. Women riveting panels. Work bench activities. Assembling spars. Leading edge sections in jigs.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 242
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 242)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: industry, British - aircraft (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 568 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 242

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