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Midlands munitions factory 3rd October 1939 A party of London

Midlands munitions factory 3rd October 1939
A party of London and Provincial journalists, including the representatives of important foreign newspapers, yesterday visited a factory which is engaged on vital munitions work Somewhere in the Midlands.The factory, which affords example how peaceful industry has been effectively adapted to the needs of war-time production, ¿s engaged in turning out anti-aircraft shell-cases at the rate of 1, 000, 000 per year. The steel enters the building in crude ingot form, and in the course of two days is transformed into a highly polished shell-case, ready for filling. Our pictures show the shell-cases coming of the production line

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Hathaways Cottage, the family home of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife-to-be, Shottery (Stratford-upon-Avon), Warwickshire, England

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